Ingot
Ingot , noun
[Probably from Anglo-Saxon in in + geótan to pour: compare French linglot, Late Latin lingotus a mass of gold or silver, extended in the manner of a tongue, and German einguss, LG. & Old English ingot ingot, a mold for casting metals in. See Found to cast, and compare 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.
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.
Collocations (2)
Ingot mold , a box or mold in which ingots are cast.
Ingot iron , See Decarbonized steel, under Decarbonize.