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n. One who bewitches. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The power of bewitching or fascinating; bewitchment; charm; fascination. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who digs ditches. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The red-breasted or gray snipe (Macrorhamphus griseus); -- called also brownback, and grayback. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. fiché, lit. p. p. of ficher to fasten, OF. fichier to pierce. Cf. 1st Fish. ] (Her.) Sharpened to a point; pointed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cross fitché, a cross having the lower arm pointed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (her.) Fitché. [ Also fiched. ]

{ , n. [ Cf. OF. fisseau, fissel, OD. fisse, visse, vitsche, D. vies nasty, loathsome, E. fizz. ] (Zool.) The European polecat (Putorius fœtidus). See Polecat. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. same as handsewn.
Syn. -- handsewn. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having a broad hem separated from the body of the article by a line of open work; as, a hemistitched handkerchief. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. high in pitch or frequency; -- used of sounds and voices. Opposite of low. [ Narrower terms: adenoidal, pinched, nasal; altissimo; alto; countertenor, alto; falsetto; peaky, spiky; piping; shrill, sharp; screaky, screechy, squeaking, squeaky, squealing; soprano, treble; sopranino; tenor ]
Syn. -- high. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. set at a sharp or high angle or slant; as, a high-pitched roof.
Syn. -- steeply pitched, steep. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. & v. t. See Hatchel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. kichen, kichene, kuchene, AS. cycene, L. coquina, equiv. to culina a kitchen, fr. coquinus pertaining to cooking, fr. coquere to cook. See Cook to prepare food, and cf. Cuisine. ] 1. A room equipped for cooking food; the room of a house, restaurant, or other building appropriated to cookery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cool was his kitchen, though his brains were hot. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

A fat kitchen makes a lean will. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A utensil for roasting meat; as, a tin kitchen. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The staff that works in a kitchen. [ PJC ]

Kitchen garden. See under Garden. --
Kitchen lee, dirty soapsuds. [ Obs. ] “A brazen tub of kitchen lee.” Ford. --
Kitchen stuff, fat collected from pots and pans. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To furnish food to; to entertain with the fare of the kitchen. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kitchen servant; a cook. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Kitchen + -ette. ] A room combining a very small kitchen and a pantry, with the kitchen conveniences compactly arranged, sometimes so that they fold up out of sight and allow the kitchen to be made a part of the adjoining room by opening folding doors. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A woman employed in the kitchen. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. pl. [ Dan. kjök-kenmöddings kitchen leavings; cf. Scot. midden a dunghill. ] Relics of neolithic man found on the coast of Denmark, consisting of shell mounds, some of which are ten feet high, one thousand feet long, and two hundred feet wide. The name is applied also to similar mounds found on the American coast from Canada to Florida, made by the North American Indians. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The body of servants employed in the kitchen; the staff of a kitchen. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Implements for use in a kitchen, or for cooking, such as pots, pans, ladles, measuring cups, etc. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ Cf. Knit. ] A number of things tied or knit together; a bundle; a fagot. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

When they [ stems of asphodel ] be dried, they ought to be made up into knitchets, or handfuls. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. low in pitch or frequency; -- used of sounds and voices. Opposite of high-pitched. [ Narrower terms: alto, contralto ; baritone ; bass, deep ; contrabass, double-bass ; throaty ]
Syn. -- low. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. set at a low angle or slant; having a low degree of pitch; as, a low-pitched roof. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the batsman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sort of crowbar for digging. [ Obs. ] Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. picher, OF. pichier, OHG. pehhar, pehhāri; prob. of the same origin as E. beaker. Cf. Beaker. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Pitcherfuls The quantity a pitcher will hold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tool employed by blacksmiths for punching or enlarging the nail holes in a horseshoe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Stitched according to a formal pattern. “An old set-stiched chair, valanced, and fringed with party-colored worsted bobs.” Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of hairy wool. [ Prov. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who stitches; a seamstress. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Needlework; -- in contempt. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Sweet. ] A beverage of molasses and water, seasoned with vinegar and ginger. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a sudden and unexpected change or reversal of position, attitude, or action. [ PJC ]

n. One who, or that which, twitches. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A pitcher for water. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) One of a family of plants having pitcher-shaped leaves. The sidesaddle flower (Sarracenia purpurea) is the type. [ 1913 Webster ]