F.Melville on sun 9 sep 01
We tend to use the word 'manufactured' for something that has been=20
industrially made in a factory. However, the original meaning of the word,=
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derived from the mediaeval Latin, 'manufactura', was 'a making by hand'=20
(definition taken from A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English by=
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Eric Partridge). In other words, we potters all manufacture our pots!
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