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Inglorious shelter in an alien land.

J. Philips.

In*glo"ri*ous*ly, adv. In an inglorious manner; dishonorably; with shame; ignominiously; obscurely.

In*glo"ri*ous*ness, n. The state of being inglorious.

In*glut" (?), v. t. To glut. [R.] Ascham.

In*glu"vi*al (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the ingluvies or crop of birds.

||In*glu"vi*es (?), n. [L.] (Anat.) The crop, or craw, of birds. || In*glu"vi*ous (?), a. Gluttonous. [Obs.] Blount.

In"-go`ing (?), n. The act of going in; entrance.

In"-go`ing, a. Going; entering, as upon an office or a possession; as, an in-going tenant.

In*gorge" (?), v. t. & i. See Engorge. Milton.

In"got (?), n. [Prob. from AS. in in + geótan to pour: cf. F. linglot, LL. lingotus a mass of gold or silver, extended in the manner of a tongue, and G. einguss, LG. & OE. ingot ingot, a mold for casting metals in. See Found to cast, and cf. Linget, Lingot, Nugget.]

1. That in which metal is cast; a mold. [Obs.]

And from the fire he took up his matter And in the ingot put it with merry cheer.

Chaucer.

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.

Sir W. Jones.

Ingot mold, a box or mold in which ingots are cast. -- Ingot iron. See Decarbonized steel, under Decarbonize.

In*grace" (?), v. t. [Pref. in- in + grace.] To ingratiate. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.

In*gra"cious (?), a. [Pref. in- not + gracious.] Ungracious; unkind. [Obs.] Holland.

In*graff" (?), v. t. See Ingraft. [Obs.]

In*graft" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingrafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingrafting.] [Written also engraft.]

1. To insert, as a scion of one tree, shrub, or plant in another for propagation; as, to ingraft a peach scion on a plum tree; figuratively, to insert or introduce in such a way as to make a part of something.

This fellow would ingraft a foreign name Upon our stock.

Dryden.

A custom . . . ingrafted into the monarchy of Rome.

Burke.

2. To subject to the process of grafting; to furnish with grafts or scions; to graft; as, to ingraft a tree.

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