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▪ I. manufacturing, vbl. n.|mænjuːˈfæktjʊərɪŋ|
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The action of the vb. manufacture.
1690Child Disc. Trade 178 Where there is little Manufacturing,..the profit of Plantations, viz. the greatest part thereof will not redound to the Mother-Kingdom. 1757Foote Author i. Wks. 1799 I. 134, I have a larger cargo of my own manufacturing. 1865Morn. Star 3 May, The roasting of ore and the manufacturing of arsenic. 1893Athenæum 23 Sept. 412/2 The mere manufacturing of poetry.
attrib.1834Peel in Croker Papers (1884) 24 Mar., Those gave the most reluctant votes whose Constituencies were most of a manufacturing character. 1896Daily News 13 Jan. 7/5 Gas and manufacturing fuel and all kinds of coke are selling freely.
▪ II. manufacturing, ppl. a.|mænjuːˈfæktjʊərɪŋ|
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Engaged or concerned in manufacture.
1722Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 257 The Manufacturing Trade in England suffer'd greatly. 1774J. Tucker Four Tracts Contents 1, A rich manufacturing Country. 1776[see manufactured 1]. 1789H. More Lett. (1925) 165, I have written to different manufacturing towns for a [school] mistress. 1825McCulloch Pol. Econ. ii. i. 72 Labour..is said to be agricultural, manufacturing, or commercial. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 127 Throughout the country, but especially in the capital, in the seaports and in the manufacturing towns. 1892Rep. Vermont Board Agric. XII. 140 As these manufacturing centers increase in size, so do the farm lands in like ratio increase in value. 1942Short Guide Gt. Brit. (U.S. War Dept.) 7 The great ‘midland’ manufacturing cities of Birmingham, Sheffield and Coventry. 1959Chambers's Encycl. IX. 51/1 The manufacturing industries of Manchester are much more varied than in a specialized manufacturing town. |