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Webster 1913 Edition
Padella
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Pa-del′la
,Noun.
[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
.