Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ingot"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.]
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ingot
n : a block of metal that is cast in a particular shape for
convenient handling [syn: {metal bar}, {block of metal}]
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