Word of the Day
for Saturday,
August 3, 2013
Spigot \SPIG-uht\, noun:
1. a small peg or plug for stopping the vent of a cask.
2. a peg or plug for stopping the passage of liquid in a faucet or cock.
3. a faucet or cock for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like.
4. the end of a pipe that enters the enlarged end of another pipe to form a joint.
2. a peg or plug for stopping the passage of liquid in a faucet or cock.
3. a faucet or cock for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like.
4. the end of a pipe that enters the enlarged end of another pipe to form a joint.
The gray hut is five
feet away, a raised window above the spigot
of the hose.
-- Christopher Bram, Gods and Monsters, 1995
-- Christopher Bram, Gods and Monsters, 1995
He worked his way
around the trunk until he found a spigot.
He turned it on and caught a little fluid in the palm of one hand. He sipped
it.
-- Piers Anthony, Two to the Fifth, 2008
-- Piers Anthony, Two to the Fifth, 2008
Spigot came to English in the late 14th century from the Latin spica
meaning "ear of grain." It shares its root with the word spike.
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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