spigot

Etymology

From Middle English spigot (“wooden stopper”). Probably ultimately from Latin spīca via Old Occitan espiga and one or more dialects of Middle French [Term?].

noun

1. A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
2. The plug of a faucet, tap or cock.
3. (US, especially Appalachia) A 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

verb

1. (transitive) To 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. (transitive) To 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