Noah Webster
Filatory
FIL'ATORY, noun [from Latin 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.
FIL'ATORY, noun [from Latin 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.