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boccale

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In Italy, ? – 19ᵗʰ century, a unit of liquid capacity, varying by locality, in the range 0.6 to 2.1 liters. Also spelled bocale. Plural, boccali.

Locality	Definition	Size in liters
Alessandria della paglia (in Piedmont)		0.685
Ancona	= ¹⁄₂₄ barile	1.79
Belluno	= ¹⁄₄₀ mastello	1.868
Bologna	= ¹⁄₆₀ corba	1.230
Brescia		0.689
Corsica	= ¹⁄₁₀₈ barile	1.296
Ferrari	= ¹⁄₄₀ mastello	1.385
Florence	= ½ fiasco of wine	1.139
	= ½ fiasco of oil	1.045
Livorno	for wine, = ½ fiasco	1.139
	for oil, = ½ fiasco	1.045
Milan		0.787
Modena	= ¹⁄₄₀ barile	1.041
Rome	for wine, = ¹⁄₃₂ barile	1.823
	for oil, = ¹⁄₂₈ barile	2.053
Treviso	rural, = ¹⁄₃ conzo	2.167
	urban, = ¹⁄₄₈ conzo	1.625
Trieste	= ¹⁄₄₀ orna	1.415
	(older measure) = ¹⁄₃₆ orna or barile	1.824
Turin		0.685
Udine	= ¹⁄₆₄ conzo	1.239
Venice	= ¹⁄₆₄ mastello	1.012

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In Fiume, Croatia, a unit of liquid capacity, = ¹⁄₃₂ orna, about 1.684 liters.

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In the Swiss canton of Ticino, a unit of liquid capacity, about 0.671 liters.

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In Greece,

• on the island of Cephalonia, a unit of liquid capacity = ¹⁄₇₂ barile, about 0.927 liters.
• on the island of Ithaca, a unit of liquid capacity = ¹⁄₆₄ barile, about 1.065 liters.
• in the seaport of Patras in the Peloponese, two units:
      a unit of liquid capacity for wine and brandy, = ¹⁄₂₄ barile, about 2.135 liters.
      a unit of mass for oil and honey, = ¾ libbra, about 2.3 kilograms.

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