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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     {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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spigot
       n 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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