A container with a handle and a spout used for pouring liquids, or in baseball, the player who throws the ball to the batter.
From Old English 'bīcere' (via Old French 'pichier'), possibly derived from a word meaning 'to pierce' because of the pointed spout that cuts through air and liquid.
The same word means two completely different things depending on context—a drinking vessel or a baseball player—and English has hundreds of these 'homonyms' that confuse learners because language evolved in scattered communities.
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