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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pitcher \Pitch"er\, noun [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pitcher \Pitch"er\, noun
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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pitcher
noun
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 U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pitcher, NY Zip code(s): 13136
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).
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