Pitcher

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pitcher \Pitch"er\, n.
     1. One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.;
        specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball
        to the batsman.
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     2. A sort of crowbar for digging. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pitcher \Pitch"er\, n. [OE. picher, OF. pichier, OHG. pehhar,
     pehh[=a]ri; prob. of the same origin as E. beaker. Cf.
     {Beaker}.]
     1. A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a
        spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar
        with a large ear or handle.
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     2. (Bot.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the
        leaves of certain plants.
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     {American pitcher plants}, the species of Sarracenia. See
        {Sarracenia}.
  
     {Australian pitcher plant}, the {Cephalotus follicularis}, a
        low saxifragaceous herb having two kinds of radical
        leaves, some oblanceolate and entire, others transformed
        into little ovoid pitchers, longitudinally triple-winged
        and ciliated, the mouth covered with a lid shaped like a
        cockleshell.
  
     {California pitcher plant}, the {Darlingtonia California}.
        See {Darlingtonia}.
  
     {Pitcher plant}, any plant with the whole or a part of the
        leaves transformed into pitchers or cuplike organs,
        especially the species of {Nepenthes}. See {Nepenthes}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pitcher
       n 1: (baseball) the person who does the pitching; "our pitcher
            has a sore arm" [syn: {hurler}, {twirler}]
       2: an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring [syn: {ewer}]
       3: the quantity contained in a pitcher [syn: {pitcherful}]
       4: the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the
          ball for a batter to try to hit; "he has played every
          position except pitcher"; "they have a southpaw on the
          mound" [syn: {mound}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Pitcher
     a vessel for containing liquids. In the East pitchers were
     usually carried on the head or shoulders (Gen. 24:15-20; Judg.
     7:16, 19; Mark 14:13).
     

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Pitcher, NY
    Zip code(s): 13136