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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