[spig-uh
t] 
| 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. |
| spig·ot (spĭg'ət) n.
[Middle English, perhaps from Old French *espigot, diminutive of Old Provençal espiga, ear of grain, from Latin spīca.] |
