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Pitcher
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.
PitcherPitcher 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.
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.
Meaning of Pitcher from wikipedia
- In baseball, the
pitcher is the
player who
throws ("pitches") the
baseball from the
pitcher's mound toward the
catcher to
begin each play, with the goal...
- –
September 25, 2016) was a Cuban-born
American professional baseball pitcher who pla**** four
seasons in
Major League Baseball (MLB). He was a member...
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Pitcher plants are
several different carnivorous plants that have
modified leaves known as
pitfall traps—a prey-trapping
mechanism featuring a deep cavity...
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baseball and softball, a
relief pitcher or
reliever is a
pitcher who
pitches in the game
after the
starting pitcher has been
removed because of fatigue...
- "winning
pitcher") and one
pitcher on the
losing team is
given a loss (the "losing
pitcher") in
their respective statistics.
These pitchers are collectively...
-
control pitcher, also
known as a
finesse pitcher, is a
pitcher who
succeeds mostly by
using accurate pitches, as
opposed to a
power pitcher who relies...
-
League Baseball (MLB)
pitchers with 200 or more
career wins. In the
sport of baseball, a win is a
statistic credited to the
pitcher for the
winning team...
-
Molly Pitcher is a
nickname given to a
woman who
fought in the
American Revolutionary War. She is most
often identified as Mary
Ludwig Hays, who fought...
- switch-
pitcher is an
ambidextrous pitcher who is able to
pitch with
either the
right or left hand from the
pitcher's mound. Four 19th-century
pitchers are...
- In
American English, a
pitcher is a
container with a
spout used for
storing and
pouring liquids. In English-speaking
countries outside North America,...
