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pitchern.1 Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French picher, pichier. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman picher, pichier, picer, piger and Old French pichier (2nd half of 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman; French regional (western and central) picher , pichier , compare French pichet ) < post-classical Latin picarium , bicarium (see beaker n.). Compare post-classical Latin picherius, picheria, picherium jug, vessel (frequently 1209–1335 in British sources), liquid measure (c1266, 1453 in British sources), picherus, pichera jug, vessel (1258, 1295 in British sources), liquid measure (frequently 1242–1319 in British sources), Old Occitan pichier, pechier (14th cent.; Occitan pichièr, pechièr), Catalan pitxer, pitxell, (1275 as pitxer; also as petxell), Spanish †picher, pichel (a1263 as picher), Portuguese pichel (13th cent.), probably all < French.It is unclear whether the following example is to be interpreted as showing the English or the Anglo-Norman word:1290 in Archaeologia (1806) 15 360 Summa vini per hanc mensem, lx s., 1 picher. With the form pitchard compare -ard suffix. With the pitcher goes often to the well, but is broken at last at Phrases 2 compare earlier pot n.1 1. society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > pouring vessel > [noun] > pitcher c1300 All Souls (Harl.) 250 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill (1956) 472 (MED) A lof & a picher wyn mi wyf me sende eche day. c1390 (c1300) MS Vernon Homilies in (1877) 57 276 (MED) A ffend..bar a picher on his hande And eode wiþ þe cuppe. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng (Harl.) 10748 (MED) She offred for hym to þe auter, Ful of wyne, a pecher, And a feyre lofe. a1450 (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) 6804 (MED) In hys hond a pycher he had Full of water. 1470 in J. Fullarton (1834) 17 A cop of quhat pechar he plessis. ?1518 A. Barclay sig. Avijv None can a pytcher, tourne to a sylver pece. 1535 1 Kings xvii. 14 The meell in the pitcher shall not be spent, & the oyle in ye cruse shall not fayll. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus f. 49 As for a pitchaer, euery bodye may..sette..in the open strete. 1650 T. Fuller ii. viii. 174 Gedeons men by order from him brake their lamp-lined pitchers. 1689 Brechin Test. VII. f. 211v, in at Pichar A water pitcher iij s. 1771 J. Wedgwood Let. 13 Jan. in (1965) 101 I have been..busy..in makeing a general review of all my experiment pitchers. 1785 W. Cowper iv. 775 There the pitcher stands A fragment, and the spoutless teapot there. 1819 W. Scott III. xii. 307 A barley loaf and a pitcher of water—that they gave me, the niggardly traitors. 1856 M. J. Holmes 17 Now-a-days we allers has a wash-bowl and pitcher. 1888 M. E. Braddon I. v. 104 Quaintly-shaped pitchers of bright colours were ranged on china brackets along the walls. 1939 P. Barry (1942) ii. ii. 70 He is carrying..a pitcher of milk, and glasses. 1956 2 Apr. 50/2 Some were designed as vases but most are such common household items as a pitcher, scrap basket, sugar tub, soup tureen or compote. 1990 July–Aug. 24/2 Picture yourself on a tropical beach when you use this perspex pitcher. the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a receptacle > jug a1400 in K. W. Engeroff (1914) 62 (MED) Euerych sellere of herynge in þe lente shal..to þe baylyues a pycher [v.r. pecher] wyn. (Harl. 221) 395 (MED) Pychare, pot: pinca [read: pinta]. society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > [noun] > used in manufacturing processes 1964 H. Hodges i. 20 Broken or spoilt pottery is commonly used, and while the term grog is general amongst all potters to denote the addition of fired clay, some potters also use the terms pitchers and sherds. 1977 14/1 Pitchers, fired, broken or scrap pottery. Biscuit pitchers have various uses when crushed or ground. the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > pitcher or ascidium 1797 tr. C. Linnaeus I. 381 Petals..gibbous without a base, excavated within into a pitcher. 1830 J. Lindley 81 The presence of Ascidia, or pitchers among its leaves, resembling those of Nepenthes. 1832 J. Lindley 98 The student must not, however, suppose that all pitchers are petioles, because those of Nepenthes and Sarracenia are so. 1875 C. Darwin vi. 97 The pitchers of Nepenthes possess extraordinary power of digestion. 1944 R. Matheson xvii. 430 In the ‘pitchers’ of the pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea) the larvae of the several species are found feeding on the insects. 1977 May 143/1 One fly larva, armed with antienzymes, feeds on the take and pupates cheerfully in the depths of the pitcher. 1992 M. Ingrouille 42 (caption) Leaves have been modified to form many other structures like the pitcher of Sarracenia. Phrases1546 J. Heywood ii. v. sig. Giv v Auoyd your children, smal pitchers haue wide eares. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. iv. 51 Not in my house Lucentio, for you know Pitchers haue eares, and I haue manie seruants. View more context for this quotation 1664 R. Codrington Proverbs in 203 Little Pitchers have great ears. 1847 C. Dickens (1848) xxviii. 282 The nurse before Mrs. Richards did make unpleasant remarks.., and hint at little Pitchers. 1874 E. P. Roe xii. 136 Children were tiresome to him, and he wanted to talk to Miss Walton, without ‘little pitchers with large ears’ around. 1909 19 Mar. 7/3 Not allowing for the presence of ‘small pitchers’ makes for future embarrassment. 1989 M. Atwood Introd. p. xv We have all been little pitchers with big ears, shooed out of the kitchen when the unspoken is being spoken. 1584 (rev. ed.) sig. B1 So oft goeth the pitcher to the well, that at last it commeth home broken home. 1591 R. Greene sig. D Yet at last, so long the pitcher goeth to the brooke that it commeth broken home. 1671 R. Head & F. Kirkman III. xvi. 235 As the Pitcher goes not so often to the water, but it comes home broken at last, so in short time not onely his Guests, but he himself was caught and brought to condign punishment. 1695 E. Ravenscroft ii. v. 19 We will get but one or two [children] at most.., lest you should Die in Childbed, For the Pitcher goes not so often to the Well, but it comes home broken at last. 1739 H. Baker & J. Miller v. ii. 362 Know, Sir, that the Pitcher goes so oft to the Well, that it comes home broke at last. 1776 G. Colman ii. 41 This comes of your travelling... The pitcher never goes so often to the well—I need say no more. 1816 J. Wolcot IV. 116 Lasses, mind the proverb well, ‘Too oft the pitcher went to well.’ 1883 3 Oct. 3/2 The pitcher, however, has gone once too often to the well, and yesterday..the panorama caught fire in earnest, and was reduced to ashes. 1936 A. Christie vi. 47 Ascher ought to have been locked up years ago... The pitcher would go to the well once too often. 1996 (Nexis) 16 Aug. 61 We proved again the truth of the saying that the pitcher goes so often to the well that it comes home broken at last. Compounds C1. 1744 J. Wilson 6 Flos urceolatus, or Pitcher-shap'd Flower. 1830 J. Lindley 155 Pitcher-shaped leaves. 1976 S. M. Gault 148/2 A compact, deciduous shrub with masses of pitcher-shaped white flowers. 2003 (Nexis) 24 Aug. (Travel section) 49 The pitcher plant..dines on mosquitoes and other insects it traps in its colorful red and green pitcher-shaped leaves. C2. the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > one who drinks to excess > alcoholic or habitual drinker 1665 R. Head I. sig. D4 Being an old experienced Pitcher-man..he [was]..not in the least disturb'd. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais iv. i. 3 The Travellers wereall [sic] honest Topers, true Pitcher-men. 1704 sig. B4v Boon-blades, true pitcher-men. the world > food and drink > drink > [noun] 1551 R. Ascham Let. to E. Raven 14 May in (1815) 366 The best physician in the world, because he gives him pitcher-meat enough. 1907 at Pitcher1 Pitcher-mould. 1951 M. L. Wolf 527/2 Pitcher-mold, a mold of terra-cotta in which large pieces of stoneware..and other pottery were made. 1907 at Pitcher1 Pitcher-moulding. 1951 M. L. Wolf 527/2 Pitcher-molding, in ceramics, a technique of molding by pouring thin slip into the cast, which is then emptied, leaving part of the mixture adhering. As it dries, the process is repeated until the required thickness is obtained. a1884 E. H. Knight Suppl. 686/1 Pitcher Nose, said of a faucet with a bent down lip. the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor > drinking to each other or toasting > a toast the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > compliment > [noun] > making of compliments > by drinking one's health 1654 E. Gayton iv. v. 195 So Don Diego Garcia of Par-edes, Hath Pitcher-praise, and double health his meed is. the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective] a1739 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes (1742) II. iii. xv. 244 He looks like a pitcher-soul'd fellow [Sp. alma de cántaro]. 1907 at Pitcher1 Pitcher-vase. 1933 35 724 A pitcher vase from Tule pottery with an effigy head and plastic modeled arms and hands on the upper segment of the vessel. 1951 M. L. Wolf 527/2 Pitcher vase, in ceramics, a vase having the form of an aiguière with spout and handle on opposite sides, distinguished from the conventional pitcher in that it is merely decorative rather than utilitarian. Derivatives 1787 G. Adams viii. 619 Long spear-shaped vorticella, but which often changes it's shape into a pitcher-like form. 1861 R. Bentley ii. iii. 480 The order [Marcgraviaceæ] is chiefly interesting for the curious pitcher-like bracts which some of their genera exhibit. 1897 H. A. Bryden 19 The great Bechuana pitcher-like wooden vessels. 1996 25 A large genus related to the Arum Lily..with ‘flowers’ consisting of a pitcher-like spathe surrounding the pencil-like spadix which carries the true flowers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). pitchern.2 Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pitch v.2, -er suffix1. Etymology: < pitch v.2 + -er suffix1. Compare post-classical Latin piccherius, piccherus pitcher, tosser (of hay) (early 14th cent. in British sources), also picchator (1386, 1446 in British sources), picchiator (1375 in a British source). I. A person who pitches. 1. the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > loader of hay 1336 in J. L. Fisher (1968) 27/1 Pichchere. 1365 in J. L. Fisher (1968) 27/1 Pichere. a1722 E. Lisle (1752) 217 It is good husbandry to have two pitchers to one loader in the field. 1771 D. Henry 160 To these four teams, four good rakers will be wanted, four pitchers and four loaders. 1840 7 513 What loads that tall pitcher is lifting to the waggon-top! 1895 W. Raymond 14 Then at noon the pitchers, rickmakers, and the freckled child of ten who led the horse, sat out of sight. 1948 M. Carbery & E. Grey 122 Pitcher, man who pitches hay on to a haycart or rick with a pitchfork. 1988 J. Lavers 63 Pitcher, the one who throws the hay or straw to the loader. society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > workers performing other tasks or processes society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker in specific place > [noun] > in market 1865 J. T. F. Turner 15 The finished slates are then taken by the ‘pitchers’, and carried..to the show-yard. There they count and pitch them. 1883 W. S. Gresley Pitchers,..loaders in the pit, and men who take up and relay the rails in the workings and long-wall faces. 1891 21 Jan. 4 [A man] employed as a stone pitcher at Camphill Water Works. 1906 J. Hockaday in I. 520/2 Men called pitchers, who sort them [sc. slates], placing each kind by itself. 1970 26 Feb. 10/2 No longer are porters divided into pitchers (the men who carry fruit in), plain porters (who carry it out) and stand men (who work inside warehouse or shop). 2003 (Nexis) 25 June 18 He..oversaw the redundancy of 160 pitchers, shunters and bummarees who had subdivided the task of carting meat between them. society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > street vendor 1896 C. Booth VII. iii. ii. 261 The pitcher..transforms his barrow, which on its way through the streets has displayed nothing but boxes and loose boards, into a full-blown market stall, while the barrow of the coster is so arranged as to display its stock at all times. 1896 21 Nov. 5/1 He claimed to be a ‘coster’, but if he is anything he is a ‘pitcher’. 1943 W. Buchanan-Taylor xxi. 199 A well-known drapery pitcher (one who sells drapery by pitching it, i.e. telling a story about each article offered, usually gagging in an entertaining way while describing, to keep the pitch interested). 1981 9 Aug. 3/2 ‘Pitching’, or spieling, is how traders sell by a kind of inverted auction: prices start out sky-high, and buyers leap into the breach as the pitcher brings them tumbling down. 1991 (Nexis) 10 May About 100,000 people are estimated to work the UK's market stalls, among them the pitchers and demonstrators whose dramatic patter would sell a used Budget case to a cynical Chancellor. 1573 Orders & Anc. Customs of Lead Miners in (1900) 20 542 If another do pitch lawfully..and do fall upon a Stone,..then ye Second Pitcher shall not burn, nor break ye Stone. 1580 in W. Page (1911) II. 368/1 The first pytcher in any grounde muste make yt perfecte wyth acaddel of tymber and a payre of styllyngs within fowre and twentie howres next after the pyching. 1667 in J. W. Gough (1931) 73 If any man..Shall..hinder any Elder Pitcher by Striking to them [etc.]. 3. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > quoits > [noun] > player 1818 J. Keats i. 19 They might watch the quoit-pitchers, intent On either side. 1872 604 The object of the pitcher is to get the ball in the hole. 1885 E. L. Didier in Apr. 722/2 He was one of the most famous pitchers in Virginia, and always used the heaviest quoits. 1999 (Nexis) 17 Mar. j1 Overby is the reigning king of horseshoe pitchers in Hanover County. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball player > [noun] > pitcher 1845 in (1886) 77/2 A runner can not be put out..when a balk is made by the pitcher. 1870 R. W. Emerson Plutarch in (1906) III. 347 They are like the baseball players, to whom the pitcher, the bat, the catcher, and the scout are equally important. 1948 4 June 36/8 Claude Passeau's job with the Cubs is to tutor young pitchers throughout the Chicago farm system. 1978 Feb. 2/2 A ballplayer who is not an infielder, outfielder or pitcher, and is thus doomed to be a catcher, wears ‘the tools of ignorance’, catcher's gear. 1990 Sept. 51/1 If I were to lose my fastball, I could become a different pitcher. I could throw sidearm, I could throw underhand. II. Something pitched, or used for pitching. the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > by cuttings > cutting or slip 1707 J. Mortimer sig. Rr2v This is the best time..to set Willows, Plants or Pitchers, and also Poplars. 1780 A. Young (Dublin ed.) II. 203 A common practice here in planting orchards, is to set cuttings, three or four feet long, half way in the ground..they call them pitchers. 1785 4 245 Withy plants, which in this county [sc. Somerset] are very useful for stakes (or pitchers as they are called) for making hedges. 1843 J. Smith 156 Irish pitcher..is a very fine standard [apple-tree]. 1888 F. T. Elworthy at Pitch In making new hedges it is usual to stipulate ‘to be planted with good withy or elder pitches’ or ‘pitchers’. 1905 G. D. Melhuish in (1909) 129 Pitcher, is a branch of an apple tree of the thickness of a man's arm, more or less. It is struck into the ground fairly deep, much as you would put in a geranium cutting, and it generally grows. 1977 R. Howells Gloss. 128/2 Pitchers, small, young whitethorns. the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > implement for making holes in the ground 1712 J. Mortimer 237 A Frame of six Poles let into the Ground with an Iron Pitcher or Crow. 1733 P. Miller (ed. 2) II. at Lupinus About the Middle of April the Hops are to be poled... The Poles must be set to the Hills deep into the Ground, with a square iron Pitcher or Crow. 1741 A. Blackwell iii. 8 Make Holes in the Side of the Wells..six Inches deep, with an iron Pitcher to fix the Sticks in. 1848 9 ii. 553 The hole previously made by an iron bar, called a hop-pitcher. 1942 W. Rose iv. 35 They carried their trowels, their pitcher and stone hammers..in a flag-woven basket. society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > stone as material for paving > a paving stone > sett 1796 8 Aug. 1/3 Purbeck stone for sale... Several thousand feet of smooth and rough Paving, Channel, Step, and several tons of rough Block, Edge Stone, and Pitchers. 1804 26 Mar. 4/2 A large quantity of pebble, clinker, and pitcher paving. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham iv. xxii. 503 Besides the ordinary cubes and pitchers for paving, a considerable quantity of granite is cut and sold for kerbs. 1897 17 Apr. The comparative merits of granite pitchers, so-called macadam, asphalte, and wood paving. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > marbles > [noun] > actions 1821 Aug. ii. 36/1 The Beds, where a pitcher is kicked into chalked divisions on the pavement. 1853 W. Cadenhead 256 E'en though our pitcher was nearest the mottie. 1894 R. O. Heslop 540 Pitcher, a piece of tile or slate used in playing ‘holey’, a game of marbles. The player wins all marbles which he drives into the hole with a stroke of his pitcher, also any that may have been tipped by the pitcher in the throw. 1926 23 Apr. Hoppin' Beds, In this game a square piece of wood, termed a pitcher, was thrown into one of four or more squares scratched on the ground. 1965 13 Apr. Our greatest ambition was to own a good ‘staney’, a hard stone boolie which could be hurled against the school wall without breaking; it became our ‘pecher’ or playing boolie. Compounds Compounds with pitcher’s. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball ground > [noun] > station of pitcher 1883 2 June Thirty-five hundred Philadelphians turned out yesterday to see John L. Sullivan fire the ball from the pitcher's box at a local picked nine. 1902 ‘R. Connor’ iv In the pitcher's box he puzzled the Porcupines till they grew desperate. 2003 (Nexis) 10 June b5 Before a thin crowd of about 700 fans, he strolled into the pitcher's box, took the ball in his left hand, stared at the Cleveland batter, and fired sidearm. 1884 16 Apr. The game at Sportsman's Park yesterday..proved to be a pitcher's duel, and a very interesting one. 1893 8 July 6/2 The two best left-handers in the National League had a pitchers' duel in the game today. 1920 24 May 5/3 Cleveland traveled back home for a single game with Philadelphia. It was a pitchers' duel between Coveleski and Martin, a southpaw rookie. 1973 A. Berger 59 Some games can take five hours, and in a good pitcher's duel you can see a whole game with hardly a hit. 2001 S. Bitker i. 37/2 New York beat Washington 2-0 in 13 innings in a classic pitchers duel, the likes of which are no longer seen in the majors. 1905 1 May 5/1 The pitcher's mound in the middle of the diamond looks like a miniature Lookout Mountain. 1996 J. Romain vi. 63 He looked out at the straight white lines where whitewashed hopsack bases marked first and third, and up the gentle slope in front of the pitcher's mound. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † pitchern.3Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pitch v.1, -er suffix1. Etymology: < pitch v.1 + -er suffix1. Obsolete. rare. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > boat-builder or shipbuilder > [noun] > one who fits out > caulker 1611 R. Cotgrave Goildronneur, a pitcher, trimmer, or tighter of ships. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021). pitchern.4 Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: picture n. Etymology: Representing a colloquial pronunciation of picture n. colloquial. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [noun] > a picture 1915 R. Frost 11 Nov. (2014) I. 386 Can you drore pitchers? Let me do you one of our new home..on the Shores of Hudson Bay. 1936 H. L. Mencken (ed. 4) vii. 352 On the vulgar level amateur is always amachoor, and picture is pitchur or pitcher. 1957 D. D. Ladds 14 Old Masters were the fellers who used to paint pitchers costing a thousand pounds! 1992 W. Mitchell ii. vi. 194 No way one fellow done all them pitchers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pitcherv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pitcher n.1 Etymology: < pitcher n.1: see quot. 1903. Compare slightly earlier pitchering n. 2. English regional ( Yorkshire). Now historical and rare. 1876 30 Dec. 534/2 It appeared that it is a custom in some parts of Yorkshire for any third party meeting in a country lane a man and woman engaged in amorous converse to ‘pitcher’ the lovers, i.e., to demand money from them for beer. 1883 T. Lees 102 Two young fellows some years since had to pay £4 for pitchering a young man who came from Huddersfield to Almondbury Bank courting. 1903 IV. 528/1 When a young man paid his addresses to a young woman who did not reside in the same village as himself, it was the custom 40 or 50 years ago to ‘pitcher’ him... When they knew the man was with the woman, several would go and take a pitcher into which he was expected to drop some money for drink. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.1c1300 n.21336 n.31611 n.41915 v.1876 |
