Middle English Dictionary Entry
faucet n.
Entry Info
| Forms | faucet n. |
| Etymology | OF fausset. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A tap or spigot.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)166a/b : Oile is wasshed..with..a spigot or a faucet hauyng 2 holes, One in þe summite, Anoþer in þe bothom.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)205 : Vernage of Venyce..In faucetez of fyn golde fonode.
- a1450 WBible(2) (Lamb 1033)Job 32.19 fn. : Faucet [Roy: Lo! my wombe is as must with out spigot ether a ventyng].
- a1450 Ch.Feasts (Roy 18.A.10)25 : Þan was founde a fell fawset, In þe trie tunne it was sette.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)23/12 : Nedes suche licour as is in þe tunne mote nedes come out at þe faucetes hoole.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)68 : A gymlet sharpe to broche & perce..with fawcet & tampyne redy to stoppe when ye se tyme.
- a1500 PFulham (Jas 43)229 : Yn tyme therfore tye vp yowr tryacle tappe, Let not to long thy fawset renne.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1446) Invent.Lytham in Chet.n.s.6079 : [In the Pantry] v Fawcetes & spegottes, vj billes for butter.
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