[Sp. boca, mouth.]
Is a term used both in the Levant, and on the north coast of South America, or the Spanish Main, for a mouth or channel into any port or harbour, or the entrance into a sound which has a passage out by a contrary way.
♦ Bocca Tigris, Canton River.
·noun The round hole in the furnace of a glass manufactory through which the fused glass is taken ou...
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