Hypertext Webster Gateway: "faucet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Faucet \Fau"cet\, n. [F. fausset, perh. fr. L. fauces throat.]
1. A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil,
etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such
quantities as may be desired; -- called also {tap}, and
{cock}. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a
movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide.
2. The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the
spigot end of the next section.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
faucet
n : a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a
reservoir
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