bengal

prop. n. 1. A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought from Bengal. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Striped gingham, originally brought from Bengal; Bengal stripes. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. Of or pertaining to Bengal. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Bengal. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } prop. n. The language spoken in Bengal. [ 1913 Webster ]