Hypertext Webster Gateway: "padella"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Padella \Pa*del"la\, n. [It., prop., a pan, a friing pan, fr. L.
patella a pan.]
A large cup or deep saucer, containing fatty matter in which
a wick is placed, -- used for public illuminations, as at St.
Peter's, in Rome. Called also {padelle}.
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