spigots


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
spigot /ˈspɪgət/
noun
  • 1 a small peg or plug, especially for insertion into the vent of a cask.
  • 2 US a tap.

    ■ a device for controlling the flow of liquid in a tap.

  • 3 the plain end of a section of a pipe fitting into the socket of the next one.
– origin ME: perh. an alt. of Provençal espigou(n), from L. spiculum, dimin. of spicum, var. of spica (see spica).

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