Faucet

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the spigot end of the next section.

II. Faucet ·noun A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, ·etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired;

— called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide.