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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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