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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[LL.

filatorium

place for spinning, fr.

filare

to spin, fr. L.

filum

a thread.]

A machine for forming threads.

[Obs.]

W. Tooke.

Noun.

[from L. filum, a thread.] A machine which forms or spins threads.

This manufactory has three filatories, each of 640 reels, which are moved by a water wheel, and besides a small filatory turned by men.

filatory ‎(plural filatories)

(obsolete) A machine for forming threads.
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