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Webster 1913 Edition
Bengal
Ben-gal′
,p
rop.
Noun.
1.
A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc.
2.
A thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought from Bengal.
3.
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
. (Zool.)
. See
Tiger
.Webster 1828 Edition
Bengal
BENGAL'
,Noun.