Man`u·fac'to·ry noun ; plural -ries . [ Confer Latin factorium an oil press, prop., place where something is made. See Manufacture .] 1. Manufacture. [ Obsolete] 2. A building or place where anything is manufactured; a factory. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/21
[Treasure Island] factory; manufacturing plant. (The sort of factory Jim may have had in mind, in the eighteenth century, would have been something like a fabric mill, whose heavy looms operated with much noise and shaking.) Found on https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/t/treasure-island/study-help/full-gl