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pitcher
(mass) | pitcher
- nadhadzovač, džbán |
pitcher
(encz) | pitcher,amfora n: Zdeněk Brož |
pitcher
(encz) | pitcher,džbán n: [amer.] Filip Jučíček |
pitcher
(encz) | pitcher,džbánek n: [amer.] Filip Jučíček |
pitcher
(encz) | pitcher,nadhazovač n: Zdeněk Brož |
Pitcher
(gcide) | 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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Pitcher
(gcide) | 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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pitcher
(wn) | 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] |
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