north. dial. Also 7 spidick, 9 spiddick. [Alteration of SPIGOT sb.] A spigot.
1629. Vestry Bks. (Surtees), 298. For a spidick and a cannell, 1d.
1685. G. M[eriton], Praise of Yorksh. Ale, 15. Then out they pulled the Tapps, And stuck the Spiddocks finely in their Hats.
1825. Brockett, N. C. Gloss., Spiddick-and-fawcet, a wooden instrument used as a substitute for a cock to let out liquors.
1849–. in dial. glossaries (Durh., Lanc., Yks., Cumbld.).
