\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}. (Zo["o]l.). See {Tiger}.