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Definition of Spigot

1. Noun. A plug for a bunghole in a cask.

2. Noun. A regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.

Definition of Spigot

1. n. A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; also, the plug of a faucet or cock.

Definition of Spigot

1. Noun. A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask ¹

2. Noun. The plug of a faucet or cock. ¹

3. Noun. A faucet. ''(Appalachian)'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spigot

1. a faucet [n -S] - See also: faucet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spigot

spiflication spifs spigelian spigelian hernia spigger spiggers spight spighted spightful spighting

spights spignel spignels spignet spignets spigot (current term) spigots spigurnel spigurnels spik

spike spike and wave complex spike arrester spike heath spike heel spike lavender spike lavender oil spike mike spike moss spike mosses

Literary usage of Spigot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text Book of Ore Dressing by Robert Hallowell Richards, Earl Smith Bardwell, Edwin G. Goodwin (1909)
"We see then that spigot 1 contains a large amount of galena, ranging from ... spigot 2 has small galena and large quartz, but l>oth spigot 6 NO spigot 5 MO ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1915)
"The apparatus used in the tests consisted of a cylindrical tank of galvanized iron, having a conical bottom to which the spigot was attached, ..."

3. Ore Dressing by Robert Hallowell Richards (1906)
"The spigot may be a short length of iron pipe, fitted into a perforated ... This pipe and plug spigot is the simplest of all forms; it retains its size ..."

4. Ore Dressing: In Four Volumes & Index by Robert Hallowell Richards (1903)
"2 whole current classifier, (fc) spigot of whole current classifier mixed with finest jig tailings. (/) Overflow of No. 2 whole current classifier mixed ..."

5. Ore Dressing by Robert Hallowell Richards (1903)
"The spigot may be a short length of iron pipe, fitted into a perforated ... This pipe and plug spigot is the simplest of all forms; it retains its size ..."

6. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1882)
"And see Nard. spigot. (C.-L.) ME spigot, a peg for a cask. ... a spigot ; dimin. of Irish spice, a spike, long nail, peg. Borrowed from L. ¡pica (above). ..."

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