01 prop. n. A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc.
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A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc.
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A thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought from Bengal.
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Striped gingham, originally brought from Bengal; Bengal stripes.
Phrases & compounds
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 tiger —
See Tiger.