PITCHER. (1) A large vessel for holding liquids, derived through Fr. from Med. Lat. picarium; the Lat. variant bicarium, Gr. 15''EKOS, has given the Ger Becher, Eng. beaker (q.v.). (2) One who " pitches," i.e. throws, casts, fixes; the name of the player in the game of base-ball who pitches or delivers the ball to the striker.
End of Article: PITCHER |
|
[back] PITCHBLENDE, or URANINITE |
[next] PITCHER PLANTS |
There are no comments yet for this article.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are encouraged.