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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1637-1681
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Manufactor, n.1 Also: -ure. [e.m.E. (1567) and 16th c. F. manufacture, med. L. *manufactura, f. L. manūfacĕre ‘to make with the hand’.] a. Manufacture, the production of manufactured goods. b. A manufactory. = Manufactory n. 2.a. 1637 Aberd. B. Rec. III. 106.
That ane correctioun hous salbe erected … and the tred of making of bredcloath, carseyes, seyis, and wther manufactoris settled thairin 1676 Edinb. B. Rec. X. 280.
Inrespect knaple is usefull for seaverall manufactors within the kingdomb. 1677 Lauder Notices Affairs I. 166.
The sugar-baking at Leith is declared a manufactor already 1681 Glasgow Chart. II. 215.
The maisters, erectors, or intertainers of the saids manufactures
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