spigot

plural spigots · alternative dialectal spicket

1. A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
2. The plug of a faucet, tap or cock.
3. AppalachiaUSespeciallyA water tap: a faucet or sillcock.

   I went to the sink and turned the spigot, feeling the cold rush of water upon my hand.

   1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 323

present singular third person spigots · participle present spigoting · participle present spigotting · participle past spigoted · past spigoted · participle past spigotted · past spigotted · alternative dialectal spicket

1. transitiveTo block with a spigot.

   Once a beach has been formed, spigoting would focus on directing the reclaim water pool toward the reclaim barge pumps.

   2002, Phoenix Project: Environmental Impact Statement, pages 2–31

2. transitiveTo insert (a spigot).

   Location of the cylinders is, of course, effected by spigoting their lower ends into the holes in the crankcase. Similarly, the cylinder heads are located by spigoting the upper ends of the cylinders into them.

   1956, The Automobile Engineer, volume 46, page 118