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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Spigot \Spig"ot\, noun [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) 2.0 [wn]:
spigot
noun
1: a faucet 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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "spigot": ball cock, ball valve, bung, bunghole, check valve, cock, cork, drain cock, draw cock, faucet, gate, hydrant, lid, needle valve, peg, petcock, pin, plug, sea cock, spike, spile, spill, stop, stopcock, stopgap, stopper, stopple, tap, valve, valvula, valvule
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