Dictionary - Definition of FILATORY


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A machine for forming threads.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

"Filatory" is a common misspelling or typo for: dilatory.

Date "Filatory" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Filatory \Fil"a*to*ry\, noun. [from Late Latin expression filatorium place for spinning, from filare to spin, from the Latin expression filum thread.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: FILATORY

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] 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. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A machine for forming threads.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

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Date "FILATORY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Filatory \Fil"a*to*ry\, noun. [from Late Latin expression filatorium place for spinning, from filare to spin, from the Latin expression filum thread.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: FILATORY

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] 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. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top