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spigot


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spigot 
  n  1:  a  fixture  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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