Found 2 items, similar to Ingot.
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Definition: ingot
ingot
n : a block of metal that is cast in a particular shape for
convenient handling [syn:
metal bar,
block of metal]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ingot
Ingot
\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.]
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1. That in which metal is cast; a mold. [Obs.]
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And from the fire he took up his matter
And in the ingot put it with merry cheer. --Chaucer.
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2. A bar or wedge of steel, gold, or other malleable metal,
cast in a mold; a mass of unwrought cast metal.
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Wrought ingots from Besoara's mine. --Sir W.
Jones.
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Ingot mold, a box or mold in which ingots are cast.
Ingot iron. See
Decarbonized steel, under
Decarbonize.
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