the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; also, the plug of a faucet or cock.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A small peg or plug designed to be driven into a gimlet-hole in a cask through which, when open, the contained liquor is drawn off; hence, by extension, any plug fitting into a faucet used for drawing off liquor.
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n. a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir
n. a plug for a bunghole in a cask
Word Usage
""The spigot is stopping Nov. 2," he says, when voters will be sending a message to Congress."