Definition of Inot
In"got (?), n. [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.
[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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- the resulting mass of metal, after cooling, of a foundry process in which metal ores are melted in order to separate out the pure metal, or in which two or more metals are melted and mixed to obtain an alloy - usually but not necessarily in the shape of a brick.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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