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faucet(2)(dictionary)
faucet(dictionary)
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faucet(2) (iou) and roe(2) (iou)


faucet(2) (iou)



faucet noun1. LME.

A peg or spigot to stop the vent-hole in a cask etc. LME-M18.
A tap for drawing liquor from a barrel etc. Now dial. & US. LME.
A tap for drawing any liquid or gas from a pipe or vessel; spec. one providing access to a supply of piped water for household etc. US. M19.
The enlarged section of a pipe made to receive the spigot end of the next section. US. L19.

roe(2) (iou)



roe noun2. LME.
[Middle Low German, Middle Dutch roge = Old High German rogo: cf. Middle Low German rogen, Old Norse hrogn = Old High German rogen (German Rogen). Cf. ROWN.]
(The mass of eggs or spawn contained in) the ovaries of a female fish, esp. when ripe. Also hard roe.
soft roe the ripe testes of a male fish.
roed adjective having roe; full of spawn (chiefly as 2nd elem. of comb., as
hard-roed,
soft-roed): E17.