ingot

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Origin: Prob. from AS. in in + geótan 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. obsolete

And from the fire he took up his matter And in the ingot put it with merry cheer.— Geoffrey 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 William Jones

Ingot mold, a box or mold in which ingots are cast. — Ingot iron. See Decarbonized steel, under Decarbonize.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54