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ingo

noun

Etymology

From in- + go.

  1. derived from *ǵʰeh₁-✻ — “to leave”
  2. inherited from *gāną✻ — “to go”
  3. inherited from *gān✻
  4. inherited from gān — “to go”
  5. inherited from gon
  6. prefixed as ingo — “in + go”

Definitions

  1. The frame of a door, window, fireplace, or similar structure.

    • The ingoes of a second window in the wing of the Tower at first floor level were found in the east wall. The masonry of one of these ingoes has been incorporated in the north ingo of the large slapping at this part of the College foyer.
    • The ingo of the doorway was evidently spanned with timber lintels, but none survive.
    • Reveal tie fixings are achieved by placing telescopic extending tubes across the window openings and wedging them against the window ingoes (reveals).

  2. A substance or thing that has gone in.

    • An accurate record was kept of all of the ingo, and all the outgo from the cows.
    • We have to get a better balance between our ingo and our outgo – calories consumed and calories expended.

  3. The act or process of going in.

    • Furthermore, owing to the aforesaid means of balancing the ingo and outgo of sugar, its percentage in the blood must remain practically constant.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Initialism of international non-governmental organization.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA