Category: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.

Pitcher Pitch"er, n. Etym: [oe. picher, of. pichier, ohg. pehhar, pehhari; 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.)

Defn: 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.

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---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

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