Ben*gal" (?), n. 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. (Zoöl.). See
Tiger.