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. (Zoöl.). See Tiger.
BENGALEE; BENGALI
Ben*gal"ee, Ben*gal"i, n.
Defn: The language spoken in Bengal.
BENGALESE
Ben`gal*ese", a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Bengal.
— n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Bengal.
BENGOLA
Ben*go"la, n.
Defn: A Bengal light.
BENIGHT
Be*night", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Benighted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Benighting.]
1. To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure. [Archaic] The clouds benight the sky. Garth.
2. To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day's journey or task. Some virgin, sure, . . . benighted in these woods. Milton.