faucet

noun

Etymology: From Middle English faucet, fawcett, from Old French fausset, of uncertain origin: * Possibly from Late Latin falsāre (“to falsify”) or from a diminutive of Latin faux, faucēs (“throat”). * Alternatively, from Old Norse foss, fors (“waterfall”), thus, cognate with English force, foss.

1. An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.

   “Wallace beats his palm against the reluctant handle of the faucet until it gives way, and the water comes out too hard, too fast.”

2. One or several systems that inject currency into the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation
3. A tapered tube, designed to be forced into a matching hole in a barrel, with the outer end holding a plug cock for decanting liquid from the barrel.

   “The pipe or faucet or rather fast set, so called, because it is set fast in.”