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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