Bengal
Definition of Bengal
Ben`gal´
prop. 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
(Zool.)
See
Tiger
.
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,
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,
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,
geographical
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