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Factory

A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers.

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Cannery 76% connected

A place where the business of canning fruit, meat, etc., is carried on.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Foundry 76% connected

The act, process, or art of casting metals.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sawmill 76% connected

A mill for sawing, especially one for sawing timber or lumber.

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Plant 76% connected

A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though c…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Line 70% connected

Flax; linen.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manufactory 92% connected

Manufacture.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mill 92% connected

A money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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