the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A linget or ingot; also, a mold for casting metals. See linget.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A small mass of metal showing the form of the mold in which it is cast, often tongue-shaped; an ingot. Also linget.
Word Usage
"{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"