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Webster 1913 Edition


Pilcher

Pilch′er

,
Noun.
[From
Pilch
.]
A scabbard, as of a sword.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Pilch′er

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
The pilchard.

Definition 2024


pilcher

pilcher

English

Noun

pilcher (plural pilchers)

  1. Archaic form of pilchard.

Etymology 2

From pilch.

Noun

pilcher (plural pilchers)

  1. A scabbard, as of a sword.
    Mercutio: Will you pluck your sword out of his pilcher by the ears?, Romeo and Juliet, Act III, scene 1