Middle English Dictionary Entry
spigot n.
Entry Info
| Forms | spigot n. Also spigot(t)e, spiget, spegot(te, speget, spik(k)et. |
| Etymology | Prob. from OF: cp. OF (15th cent.) espigeot badly threshed ear of grain & F dial. (Gascony/Languedoc) espigot core of a fruit/ear of grain; ult. OProv. espiga, from L spīca. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A wooden stopper for the vent hole of a cask; a wooden peg used as a stop valve, a faucet; also, a vent hole [quot. a1425(c1395)]; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (1383-4) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103593 : In 3 duodenis de Spigotes empt. pro butelaria domini Prioris, 3 s. 4 d.
- (1400) Will York in Sur.Soc.4265 : Lego Thomæ, famulo meo, unum burdhax, unum wyrkynghaget, duo parsures, unum spigot.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Job 32.19 : Lö my wombe is as must with out spigot, ether a ventyng, that brekith newe vessels.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)15a/ a : Clepcidra: a spigot [Pepys: a Spegotte; Cnt: A spygott and a Fawsett; Hrl 1738: a tap or a spegot].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)166a/b : Oile is wasshed..with a clipsedre, i. a spigot or a faucet, hauyng 2 holes, One in þe summite, Anoþer in þe bothom, And it is filled after þe halfe with hote water & with oile.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)469 : Spygot [Win: Spygote]: Clipsidra, ducillus.
- (1446) Invent.Lytham in Chet.n.s.6079 : [In the Pantry]..v Fawcetes & spegottes, vj billes for butter.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)573/30 : Clipsedra: a spyket.
- (1452) Will York in Sur.Soc.45144 : Expensæ funerales..pro ij duodenis spigottes, ij d.
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)3/11a : Clipsedra: spygett.
- a1500 Hrl.1002 Gloss.(Hrl 1002)626 : Clepsidra: spykkett.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)724/10 : Clipsidra: a spygotte.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)771/27 : Clepsidra: a speget.
b
- (1196) in Pipe R.Soc.n.s.7173 : Willelmus Spigot.