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<i>Burke.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The body of factors in any place; <as>as, a chaplain to a British <ex>factory</ex></as>.</def>

<i>W. Guthrie.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a manufactory; <as>as, a cotton <ex>factory</ex></as>.</def>

<cs><col>Factory leg</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a variety of bandy leg, associated with partial dislocation of the tibia, produced in young children by working in factories.</cd></cs>

<h1>Factotum</h1> <Xpage=536>

<hw>Fac*to"tum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Factotums</plw> <tt>(-t<?/mz)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L., do everything; <ets>facere</ets> to do + <ets>totus</ets> all : cf. F. <ets>factotum</ets>. See <er>Fact</er>, and <er>Total</er>.]</ety> <def>A person employed to do all kinds of work or business.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Factual</h1> <Xpage=536>

<hw>Fac"tu*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to, or containing, facts.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

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<h1>Factum</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Fac"tum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Facta</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. See <er>Fact</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A man's own act and deed</def>; particularly: <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Civil Law)</fld> <def>Anything stated and made certain</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Testamentary Law)</fld> <def>The due execution of a will, including everything necessary to its validity.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>The product. See <er>Facient</er>, 2.</def>

<h1>Facture</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Fac"ture</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>facture</ets> a making, invoice, L. <ets>factura</ets> a making. See <er>Fact</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or manner of making or doing anything; -- now used of a literary, musical, or pictorial production.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>An invoice or bill of parcels.</def>

<h1>Facul\'91</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Fac"u*l\'91</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L., pl. <ets>of facula</ets> a little torch.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>Groups of small shining spots on the surface of the sun which are brighter than the other parts of the photosphere. They are generally seen in the neighborhood of the dark spots, and are supposed to be elevated portions of the photosphere.</def>

<i>Newcomb.</i>

<h1>Facular</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Fac"u*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the facul\'91.</def>

<i>R. A. Proctor.</i>

<h1>Faculty</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Fac"ul*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Faculties</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>facult<?/</ets>, L. <ets>facultas</ets>, fr. <ets>facilis</ets> easy (cf. <ets>facul</ets> easily), fr. <ets>fecere</ets> to make. See <er>Fact</er>, and cf. <er>Facility</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Ability to act or perform, whether inborn or cultivated; capacity for any natural function; especially, an original mental power or capacity for any of the well-known classes of mental activity; psychical or soul capacity; capacity for any of the leading kinds of soul activity, as knowledge, feeling, volition; intellectual endowment or gift; power; <as>as, <ex>faculties</ex> of the mind or the soul</as>.</def>

<blockquote>But know that in the soul Are many lesser <b>faculties</b> that serve Reason as chief. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>What a piece of work is a man ! how noble in reason ! how infinite in <b>faculty</b> ! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>