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.)
Defn: 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.
PITCHERFUL
Pitch"er*ful, n.; pl. Pitcherfuls (.
Defn: The quantity a pitcher will hold.
PITCH-FACED
Pitch"-faced`, a. (Stone Cutting)
Defn: Having the arris defined by a line beyond which the rock is cut away, so as to give nearly true edges; — said of squared stones that are otherwise quarry-faced.
PITCHFORK
Pitch"fork`, n.
Defn: A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like.
PITCHFORK
Pitch"fork`, v. t.