lingot ? Obs. or arch.
(ˈlɪŋgət)
Forms: 5 pl. lingattis, 7 (lignot), lingat(e, linget, (8 lignate), 6– lingot.
[a. F. lingot: see ingot.]
1. A mould in which metal is cast; = ingot 1.
| 1540 Ld. Treas. Acc. Scot. in Pitcairn Crim. Trials I. 307* With other gold wark, to be meltit in ane grete lingot. 1686 W. Harris tr. Lemery's Course Chym. (ed. 2) 36 Lingots are Iron molds [etc.]. 1688 [see ingot 1]. |
2. A mass of metal shaped like the mould in which it has been cast;
= ingot 2.
| 1488 Ld. Treas. Acc. Scot. I. 84 Twa lingattis of gold. 1584 Hudson Du Bartas' Judith v. (1608) 77 Golden lingots. 1605 Camden Rem. (1637) 179 Among the Lacedemonians iron lingets quenched with vinegar that they may serve to no other use [have been used for money]. 1653 H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. xiv. (1663) 42 Lingots of silver. 1670 Ld. Fountainhall in M. P. Brown Suppl. Decis. (1826) II. 477 Some lignates of copper. 1697 Evelyn Numism. i. 13 They paid Sums in France by Lingat as well as in coin. 1776 Swinburne Trav. Spain xliv. (1779) 409 The port of Cadiz, where the lingots of America are landed. 1801 Hel. M. Williams Sk. Fr. Rep. I. xviii. 226 The vandalic fury that..melted into lingots the most exquisite pieces of bronze. 1841 C. Mackay Mem. Pop. Delusions III. 187 The Baron..showed me a lingot of gold made out of pewter. |
| transf. and fig. 1856 Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh vii. 1124 The house's front Was cased with lingots of ripe Indian corn. 1868 Browning Ring & Bk. i. 459 Thence bit by bit I dug The lingot truth, that memorable day. |