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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Example Sentences

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

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

Denis did not dance, but when ragtime came squirting out of the pianola in gushes of treacle and hot perfume, in jets of Bengal light, then things began to dance inside him.

From Crome Yellow by Huxley, Aldous

Then, as if making some calculation, moved his lips; every one of these stones became changed into a sparkling number, and dazzling as if in a Bengal light, a noble sum flashed before him.

From Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von

The cavern with a Bengal light was fairyland to him, and among the minerals he was quite at home.

From The Life of John Ruskin by Collingwood, W. G. (William Gershom)