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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bengal \Ben*gal"\, prop. n.
1. A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs,
animals, etc.
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2. A thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought
from Bengal.
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3. Striped gingham, originally brought from Bengal; Bengal
stripes.
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{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}.
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