a town of Italy, in the kingdom of Naples, and in the Hither Calabria. It hath a strong fort, a bishop's see, and the title of a principality. It is seated on a mountain near the river Boccona, in E. Long. 16. 40. N. Lat. 39. 37.

BISK or Bisque, in cookery, a rich sort of broth or soup, made of pigeons, chickens, force-meat, mutton-gravy, and other ingredients. The word is French, formed, as some think, from biscottes; because the bisque, consisting of a diversity of ingredients, needs several repeated coctions to bring it to perfection. There is also a demi-bisque, made at a low expense, in which only half the ingredients are used; and a bisque of fish, made of carps minced with their roes and lobsters.