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SPIGOT
faucet, spigot
(noun) a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir
tap, spigot
(noun) a plug for a bunghole in a cask
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
spigot (plural spigots)
A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
The plug of a faucet or cock.
(Appalachian) A faucet.
Verb
spigot (third-person singular simple present spigots, present participle spigoting, simple past and past participle spigoted)
To block with a spigot.
(transitive) To insert (a spigot).
Source: Wiktionary
Spig"ot, n. Etym: [From spick,or spike; cf. Ir. & Gael. spiocaid a spigot, Ir. spice a spike. See Spike.]
Definition: A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; also, the plug of a faucet or cock. Spigot and faucet joint, a joint for uniting pipes, formed by the insertion of the end of one pipe, or pipe fitting, into a socket at the end of another.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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