pitcher

5 definitions found

pitcher - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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  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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pitcher - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pitcher
      n 1: (baseball) the person who does the pitching; "our pitcher
           has a sore arm" [syn: pitcher, hurler, twirler]
      2: an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring [syn:
         pitcher, ewer]
      3: the quantity contained in a pitcher [syn: pitcher,
         pitcherful]
      4: (botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to
         resemble a pitcher or ewer
      5: 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: pitcher, mound]

pitcher - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  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).

pitcher - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Pitcher, NY
    Zip code(s): 13136