Padella

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.
     [1913 Webster]