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filatories

filatories is the plural of filatory.

Meaning of filatory

Noun

filatory (plural filatories)

  1. (obsolete) A machine for forming threads.
    • It [a silk manufactory] has 3 filatories, each of 640 reels, which are set in motion by a water-wheel; and besides a small filatory, turned by men.1799, William Tooke, A View of the Russian Empire during the Reign of Catharine II and to the close of the present Century

Questions about filatories

What is filatories the plural of?
Filatories is the plural of filatory.

Words near filatories in the dictionary

  1. filastereans
  2. filasterian
  3. filasterians
  4. Filastin
  5. Filatiev
  6. filatories
  7. filatory
  8. Filatov's disease
  9. filatovite
  10. filature
  11. filatures

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