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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Pitch'er, n.

noun

n. [O. Fr. picher, pichier, pechier, Pr. pichier, pechier, O. It. pecchero, N. It. bicchiere, Sp. & Pg. pichel, Basque pitcherra, L. Lat. picarium, bicarium, Icel. bikar, O. H. Ger. behhar, bechar, pechar, N. H. Ger. becher. Cf. BEAKER.]

  1. A vessel, usually open, with a spout for pouring out liquors; a water-pot, jug, or jar; a ewer.
  2. An instrument resembling a crowbar, for piercing the ground. Mortimer.
  3. One who pitches any thing, as hay, quoits, &c.
  4. (Bot.) A cup-like appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants, formed by the folding of the petiole upon itself.