pitcher : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pitcher	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for pitcher
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pitcher n (baseball) the person who does the pitching; "our pitcher has a sore arm" Synonym(s): pitcher, hurler, twirler an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring Synonym(s): pitcher, ewer the quantity contained in a pitcher Synonym(s): pitcher, pitcherful (botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer 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" Synonym(s): pitcher, mound
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[be]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 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).