Definition of "bocca" [boc•ca]

• The round hole in the furnace of a glassworks through which the fused glass is taken out. (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "Comments (3) elisa: fun trivia: "in bocca al lupo" is italian for "in the mouth of the wolf," which is their way of saying "break a leg!""
• "(NB Se li cuoci per 10 minuti esatti, all’assaggio sembrano quasi crudi ma tutto sommato piacevoli e si sciolgono in bocca; se li cuoci di più, diventano più asciutti e perdono la loro ’scioglievolezza’ … cuoci quindi according to your taste)."
• "While he warmed the end of his blow-pipe at the 'bocca' he looked to right and left to see where the working-stool and marver were placed, and to be sure that the few tools he needed were at hand, the pontil, the 'procello,' -- that is, the small elastic tongs for modelling -- and the shears."