n. Action. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mazy winding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. compactura. ] Close union or connection of parts; manner of joining; construction. [ Obs. ] “With comely compass and compacture strong.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. contractura a drawing together. ] (Med.) A state of permanent rigidity or contraction of the muscles, generally of the flexor muscles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Enactment; resolution. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. facture a making, invoice, L. factura a making. See Fact. ] 1. The act or manner of making or doing anything; -- now used of a literary, musical, or pictorial production. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Com.) An invoice or bill of parcels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fractura, fr. frangere, fractum, to break: cf. F. fracture. See Fraction. ] 1. The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Surg.) The breaking of a bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Min.) The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture. [ 1913 Webster ]

Comminuted fracture (Surg.), a fracture in which the bone is broken into several parts. --
Complicated fracture (Surg.), a fracture of the bone combined with the lesion of some artery, nervous trunk, or joint. --
Compound fracture (Surg.), a fracture in which there is an open wound from the surface down to the fracture. --
Simple fracture (Surg.), a fracture in which the bone only is ruptured. It does not communicate with the surface by an open wound.

Syn. -- Fracture, Rupture. These words denote different kinds of breaking, according to the objects to which they are applied. Fracture is applied to hard substances; as, the fracture of a bone. Rupture is oftener applied to soft substances; as, the rupture of a blood vessel. It is also used figuratively. “To be an enemy and once to have been a friend, does it not embitter the rupture?” South. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fractured p. pr. & vb. n.. Fracturing. ] [ Cf. F. fracturer. ] To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. manus the hand + factura a making, fr. facere to make: cf. F. manufacture. See Manual, and Fact. ] 1. The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything made from raw materials by the hand, by machinery, or by art, as cloths, iron utensils, shoes, machinery, saddlery, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Manufactured p. pr. & vb. n. Manufacturing. ] [ Cf. F. manufacturer. ] 1. To make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To work, as raw or partly wrought materials, into suitable forms for use; as, to manufacture wool, cotton, silk, or iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be employed in manufacturing something. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Produced in a large-scale industrial operation. Contrasted with hand-made. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who manufactures. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. metallum metal + facere, factum, to make. ] The production and working or manufacture of metals. [ R. ] R. Park. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Surg.) A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Surg.) To break again, as a bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vitrum glass + facere, factum, to make. ] The manufacture of glass and glassware. [ 1913 Webster ]