spicket

English

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?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɪ.kət/, /spɪ.ɡət/
• Homophone: spigot (occasionally)

Noun

spicket (plural spickets)

1. Alternative spelling of spigot
   • 1798, Richard Briggs, The English Art of Cookery:

     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.

   • 2014, John Blais, The Last Showdown at the Dog Food Corral, Xlibris Corporation, page 3:

     Well in the meantime the battle raged on. Milk Toast had Dirty Dan down and the spicket on his barrel wide open and all that soapy water was running all over Dan's body.

Anagrams

• pickest, pickets, septick, skeptic