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Webster 1913 Edition

Ingot

In′got

,
Noun.
[Prob. from AS.
in
in +
geótan
to pour: cf. F.
linglot
, LL.
lingotus
a mass of gold or silver, extended in the manner of a tongue, and G.
einguss
, LG. & OE.
ingot
ingot, a mold for casting metals in. See
Found
to cast, and cf.
Linget
,
Lingot
,
Nugget
.]
1.
That in which metal is cast; a mold.
[Obs.]
And from the fire he took up his matter
And in the
ingot
put it with merry cheer.
Chaucer.
2.
A bar or wedge of steel, gold, or other malleable metal, cast in a mold; a mass of unwrought cast metal.
Wrought
ingots
from Besoara’s mine.
Sir W. Jones.
Ingot mold
,
a box or mold in which ingots are cast.
–
Ingot iron
.
See
Decarbonized steel
, under
Decarbonize
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ingot

IN'GOT

,
Noun.
A mass or wedge of gold or silver cast in a mold; a mass of unwrought metal.

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