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fau⋅cet

  [faw-sit]
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–noun
any device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like by opening or closing an orifice; tap; cock.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < MF fausset peg for a vent, perh. equiv. to fauss(er) to force in, damage, warp, lit., to falsify (< LL falsāre; see false ) + -et -et

Regional variation note:
Spigot is a common variant for faucet and is widely used in the Midland U.S. Elsewhere, faucet is more commonly used, esp. in the Northern U.S.
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fau·cet   (fô'sĭt)   
n.  A device for regulating the flow of a liquid from a reservoir such as a pipe or drum. See Regional Note at andiron.

[Middle English, from Old French fausset, cask stopper, from fausser, to break in, from Late Latin falsāre, to falsify, from Latin falsus, false; see false.]
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faucet 
c.1400, from O.Fr. fausset "stopper," perhaps dim. of L. faux, fauc- "throat." Spigot and faucet was the name of an old type of tap for a barrel or cask, consisting of a hollow, tapering tube, which was driven at the narrow end into a barrel, and a screw into the tube which regulated the flow of the liquid. Properly, it seems, the spigot was the tube, the faucet the screw, but the senses have merged or reversed over time. Faucet is now the common word in Amer.Eng. for the whole apparatus.
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