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spigot

[ spig-uht ]

noun

  1. a small peg or plug for stopping the vent of a cask.
  2. a peg or plug for stopping the passage of liquid in a faucet or cock.
  3. a faucet or cock for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like.
  4. the end of a pipe that enters the enlarged end of another pipe to form a joint.


spigot

/ ˈ²õ±èɪɡə³Ù /

noun

  1. a stopper for the vent hole of a cask
  2. a tap, usually of wood, fitted to a cask
  3. a US name for tap 2
  4. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of spigot1

1350–1400; Middle English spigot, perhaps < Old French *espigot < Old Provençal espig ( a ) (< Latin ²õ±èÄ«³¦²¹ ear of grain; spica ) + Old French -ot diminutive suffix
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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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