spigot
English
Etymology
From Middle English spigot (“wooden stopper”). Probably ultimately from Latin spīca via Old Occitan espiga and one or more dialects of Old French [Term?].
Pronunciation
Noun
spigot (plural spigots)
Translations
a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask
the plug of a faucet or cock
faucet — see tap
Verb
spigot (third-person singular simple present spigots, present participle spigoting, simple past and past participle spigoted)
- To block with a spigot.
- 2002, Phoenix Project: Environmental Impact Statement (page 2-31)
- Once a beach has been formed, spigoting would focus on directing the reclaim water pool toward the reclaim barge pumps.
- 2002, Phoenix Project: Environmental Impact Statement (page 2-31)
- (transitive) To insert (a spigot).
- 1956, The Automobile Engineer (volume 46, page 118)
- Location of the cylinders is, of course, effected by spigoting their lower ends into the holes in the crankcase. Similarly, the cylinder heads are located by spigoting the upper ends of the cylinders into them.
- 1956, The Automobile Engineer (volume 46, page 118)
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