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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2433229, member: 76194&quot;]The word pig originally in old English derived from what we would call today a furrow, ie. Trench like shape. Pigs probably got their name that way, from the furrows it makes with its snout.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, when it comes to ingots,&nbsp; the name probably comes from the oblong-shape molds into which molten metal is run. Since pig derives from the old English word for furrow (trench-like shape) it is a case of the mold giving the ingot it&#039;s name. Ive also heard it said that a row of moulds fed by a common runner (molds were cast that way in the old days) also resembled a litter of suckling pigs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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