ETYM Cf. French factorerie.
Buildings with facilities for manufacturing; SYN. mill, Manufacturing plant, manufactory.
ETYM Old Eng. work, werk, weorc, AS. weorc, worc; akin to OFries. werk, wirk, OS., Dutch, and German werk, Old High Germ. werc, werah, Icel. and Swed. verk, Dan. vaerk, Goth. gawaúrki, Greek ergon.
1. Employment; a job.
2. Activity directed toward making or doing something.
3. Something produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; SYN. piece of work.
1. Performance of moral or religious acts; or; SYN. deeds.
2. The internal mechanism of a device; SYN. workings.