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[Middle English picher, from Old French pichier, alteration of bichier, from Medieval Latin bicārium, drinking cup, probably from Greek bikos, jar, possibly from Egyptian biḳ, oil vessel.]
A deep jar with a fairly open mouth and usually with a handle used for collecting, storing, or serving liquids. Some pitchers have spouts for pouring.
A team of giants needs giant pitchers who throw good ideas but every pitcher needs an outstanding catcher. Without giant catchers, the ideas of the giant pitchers may eventually disappear.
— Max De Pree
A pitcher is a container with a spout for pouring its contents. Pitch was traditionally used to help caulk the seams of wooden sailing vessels. It was heated, then put into a container with a very long spout and poured over rope fibers which had first been "paid" (pressed) into the gap. The word pitcher is said to derive from this long spouted container used to pour hot pitch. Several phrases in popular use today date to this maritime usage. The term "the devil to pay" is said to derive from this usage. The full phrase was "the devil to pay, and no pitch hot". The "devil" in question being the most outward plank, the most difficult one to caulk.
A ewer is a pitcher, often decorated, with a base, oval body, and flaring spout. A famous example is the America's Cup trophy.
 America's cup, 1848 |
 Eleanor Roosevelt's silver water pitcher |
 A ewer of Rubino glass |
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