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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A faucet. See Regional Note at andiron.
  2. n. A wooden faucet placed in the bunghole of a cask.
  3. n. The vent plug of a cask.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A small peg or plug designed to be driven into a gimlet-hole in a cask through which, when open, the contained liquor is drawn off; hence, by extension, any plug fitting into a faucet used for drawing off liquor.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask
  2. n. The plug of a faucet or cock.
  3. n. A faucet. (Appalachian)

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; also, the plug of a faucet or cock.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir
  2. n. a plug for a bunghole in a cask

Etymologies

  1. Middle English, perhaps from Old French *espigot, diminutive of Old Provençal espiga, ear of grain, from Latin spīca. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • pterodactyl See this map -- spigot is currently winning the popularity contest against spicket. Apr 10, 2008

  • reesetee Hmm. Me too, but I liked it. :-) Feb 21, 2007

  • chained_bear Growing up, I always heard this pronounced as "spicket." I hate that. Feb 21, 2007

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