The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bengal light
Bengal \Ben*gal"\, prop. n.
A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc.
A thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought from Bengal.
-
Striped gingham, originally brought from Bengal; Bengal stripes.
Bengal light, a firework containing niter, sulphur, and antimony, and producing a sustained and vivid colored light, used in making signals and in pyrotechnics; -- called also blue light.
Bengal stripes, a kind of cotton cloth woven with colored stripes. See Bengal, 3.
Bengal tiger. (Zo["o]l.). See Tiger.