Pitcher

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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}]

from The 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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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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 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).