Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small mass of metal showing the form of the mold in which it is cast, often tongue-shaped; an ingot. Also
linget .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A linget or ingot; also, a mold for casting metals. See
linget .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
linget oringot . - noun A
mould forcasting metals .
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Examples
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In this lottery the grand prize was a lingot of gold valued at about £1700.
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"The Baron and Baroness de Rheinwald shewed me a lingot of gold made out of pewter before their eyes by M. Delisle.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Charles Mackay 1851
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Sometimes he employs the oil and powder mixed, sometimes the powder only; but in so small a quantity that, when the lingot which I made was rubbed all over with it, it did not shew at all. "
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Charles Mackay 1851
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In the _Travels of Monconis_ the story is told in the following manner: "A merchant of Lubeck, who carried on but little trade, but who knew how to change lead into very good gold, gave the King of Sweden a lingot which he had made, weighing at least one hundred pounds.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Charles Mackay 1851
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{93} [‘Niggot’ rather stands for ‘ningot’, due to a coalescence of the article in ‘an ingot’ (as if ‘a ningot’); just as, according to some, in French _l’ingot_ became _lingot_.] {94} [Such collections were essayed in J.C. Hare’s _Two Essays in
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
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