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What's The Definition Of Ingot?
[n] a block of metal that is cast in a particular shape for convenient handling
Synonyms | Synonyms for Ingot: block of metal | metal bar Related Terms | Find terms related to Ingot: bar | billet | bullion | button | cast | casting | coin gold | coin silver | copper | gate | gold | gold nugget | nickel | nugget | pig | precious metals | regulus | rod | sheet metal | silver | slab | sow | stick | strip | yellow stuff See Also | block | bullion | pig Ingot In Webster's Dictionary \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}.
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