Definitions for: Ingot

[n] a block of metal that is cast in a particular shape for convenient handling

Webster (1913) Definition: In"got, n. [Prob. from AS. in in + ge['o]tan 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.

Synonyms: block of metal, metal bar

See Also: block, bullion, pig

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