I. noun
also spig·got ˈspigə̇t, -ikə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English spigot, perhaps from (assumed) Old Provençal espigot, diminutive of Old Provençal espiga head (of grain), from Latin spica — more at spike
1.
a. : a pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask
b. : the plug of a faucet or cock
c. : faucet , cock
2. : the male end of a section of pipe that enters the hub end of the next section
3. : a large usually conical spinning tube associated with silk glands of a spider
II. transitive verb
( spigoted or spigotted ; spigoted or spigotted ; spigoting or spigotting ; spigots )
: to provide, plug, or pierce with or as if with a spigot