Spicket

//ˈspɪ.kət// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of spigot. alt-of, alternative

    "Blackberry Wine: Take your berries when full ripe, put them into a vessel of wood or stone, with a spicket in it, and pour upon them as much boiling water as will just appear at the top of them."

Etymology

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

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