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faucet definition

fau·cet (fô′sit, fä′-)

noun

a device with a hand-operated valve for regulating the flow of a liquid from a pipe, barrel, etc.; cock; tap

Etymology: ME < OFr fausset, prob. < faulser, to make a breach in, falsify < LL falsare < L falsus, false

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