Hypertext Webster Gateway: "spigot"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spigot \Spig"ot\, n. [From spick,or spike; cf. Ir. & Gael.
spiocaid a spigot, Ir. spice a spike. See {Spike}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spigot
n 1: a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask [syn: {water
faucet}, {water tap}, {tap}, {hydrant}]
2: a plug for a bunghole in a cask [syn: {tap}]
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