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INGOT , originally a See also:

MOULD

mould for the casting of metals, but now a See also:

mass of See also:

METAL
METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal See also:

CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast in a mould, and particularly the small bars of the See also:

PRECIOUS (O. Fr. precios, mod. precieux, Lat. pretiosus, of high value or price, pretium)

precious metals, cast in the shape of an oblong See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick or See also:

WEDGE (O. Eng. wecg, a mass of metal, cognate with Dutch wig, wigge, Dan. vaegge, &c.; in Lith. the cognate form outside Teut. is found in wagis, a peg, spigot; there is no connexion with " weigh," " weight," which must be referred to the root wegh, to li

wedge with slightly sloping sides, in which See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form See also:

gold and See also:

SILVER

silver are handled as See also:

BULLION

bullion at the See also:

BANK

Bank of See also:

England and the See also:

Mint. Ingots of varying sizes and shapes are cast of other metals, and " ingot-See also:

STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel " and " ingot-See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron " are technical terms in the manufacture of iron and steel (see IRON AND STEEL). The word is obscure in origin. It occurs in See also:

CHAUCER, GEOFFREY (? 1340-1400)

Chaucer (" The See also:

CANON

Canon's See also:

YEOMAN

Yeoman's See also:

TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

Tale ") as a See also:

TERM

term of See also:

ALCHEMY

alchemy, in the See also:

ORIGINAL

original sense of a mould for casting metal, and, as the New See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

DICTIONARY

Dictionary points out, an English origin for such a term is unlikely. It may, however, be derived from in and the O. Eng. geotan to pour; cf. Ger. See also:

GIESSEN

giessen and Einguss, a mould. The Fr. lingo!, with the second English meaning only, has been taken as the origin of " ingot " and derived from the See also:

LAT

Lat. lingua, See also:

TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue—with a supposed reference to the shape. This derivation is wrong, and See also:

French etymologists have now accepted the English origin for the word, lingot having coalesced from l'ingot.

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