Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pitcher"
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. A sort of crowbar for digging. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. (Bot.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the
leaves of certain plants.
{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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pitcher
n 1: (baseball or softball) 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}]
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