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De - Pt| English Dictionary: ingot iron | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Ingot \In"got\, n. [Prob. from AS. in in + ge[a2]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}. | |
