spider †

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a frying pan having long metal legs to hold it above coals or an open fire.

Quotations

1836

Twenty Tons Hollow Ware . . . including Pots, Kettles, Spiders, Griddles. . . .

1913

Cooking was mostly done in frying-pans, called spiders. . . .