pitcher

A vessel with an open spout and generally with a handle, used for holding water, milk, or other liquid.

In botany, a specially adapted tubular or cupshaped modification of the leaf of certain plants, particularly of the genera Nepenthes and Sarracenia; an ascidium. See ascidium, pitcherplant, Nepenthes, and Sarracenia.

One who pitches.

In coal-mining, one who attends to loading at the shaft or other place of loading.

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.