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   Faucet , n. [F. fausset, perh. fr. L. fauces throat.]
   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.
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   The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the spigot end of the next section.
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   Tap , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tapped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tapping.] [F. taper to strike; of Teutonic origin; cf. dial. G. tapp, tapps, a blow, tappe a paw, fist, G. tappen to grope.]
   To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.
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   To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.
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   Tap, n. [Cf. F. tape. See Tap to strike.]
   A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
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   A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel. 
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   pl. (Mil.) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, -- usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.
   Wilhelm.
   
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   Tap, v. i. To strike a gentle blow.
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   Tap, n. [AS. tæppa, akin to D. tap, G. zapfen, OHG. zapfo, Dan. tap, Sw. tapp, Icel. tappi. Cf. Tampion, Tip.]
   A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.
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   A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.
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   Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap. [Colloq.]
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   A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar. [Colloq.]
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   (Mech.) A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges.
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   On tap. (a) Ready to be drawn; as, ale on tap. (b) Broached, or furnished with a tap; as, a barrel on tap. -- Plug tap (Mech.), a screw-cutting tap with a slightly tapering end. -- Tap bolt, a bolt with a head on one end and a thread on the other end, to be screwed into some fixed part, instead of passing through the part and receiving a nut. See Illust. under Bolt. -- Tap cinder (Metal.), the slag of a puddling furnace.
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   Tap, v. t.
   To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, a keg of beer, etc.
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   Hence, to draw resources from (a reservoir) in any analogous way; as, to tap someone's knowledge of the Unix system; to tap the treasury.
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   To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing.
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   He has been tapping his liquors.
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   (Mech.) To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut, a pipe, or tubing.
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   to connect a listening device to (a telephone or telegraph line) secretly, for the purpose of hearing private conversations; also, to obtain or record (information) by tapping; -- a technique used by law enforcement agencies investigating suspected criminals. In the United States it is illegal without a court order permitting it.
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