Bengal light

British  

noun

1. a firework or flare that burns with a steady bright blue light, formerly used as a signal

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Bengal light

Then, without warning, a Bengal light was lit on board of the schooner.

From The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes Or, the secret of the island cave by Stratemeyer, Edward

In the window of the apothecary a great purple jar, with a spray of gas jets behind it, was flaring on the darkness like a Bengal light.

From The Stillwater Tragedy by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey

But to choose a partner for life in the glare of a Bengal light!

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various

Bengal light, a firework containing niter, sulphur, and antimony, and producing a sustained and vivid colored light, used in making signals and in pyrotechnics; Ð called also blue light.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

As I emerged on deck a Bengal light flared red and dazzling on the bridge, and I saw some sailors trying to lower a boat from its davits.

From The Ghost A Modern Fantasy by Bennett, Arnold