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pitch•er

Pronunciation: (pich'ur), [key]
—n.
1. a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids.
2. Bot.
a. a pitcherlike modification of the leaf of certain plants.
b. an ascidium.

pitch•er

Pronunciation: (pich'ur), [key]
—n.
1. a person who pitches.
2. Baseball.the player who throws the ball to the opposing batter.
3. Also called number seven iron. Golf.a club with an iron head the face of which has more slope than a mashie but less slope than a pitching niblick.
4. sett (def. 1).