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spigot
[ spig-uht ]
noun
- a small peg or plug for stopping the vent of a cask.
- a peg or plug for stopping the passage of liquid in a faucet or cock.
- a faucet or cock for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like.
- the end of a pipe that enters the enlarged end of another pipe to form a joint.
spigot
/ ˈ²õ±èɪɡə³Ù /
noun
- a stopper for the vent hole of a cask
- a tap, usually of wood, fitted to a cask
- a US name for tap 2
- a short cylindrical projection on one component designed to fit into a hole on another, esp the male part of a joint ( spigot and socket joint ) between two pipes
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of spigot1
C14: probably from Old Provençal espiga a head of grain, from Latin ²õ±èÄ«³¦²¹ a point
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There he only claimed to turn on the water spigot after he visited.
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