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padella
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padella, 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 . [1913 Webster]
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