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

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

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

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)

Some one in front of them ignited a Bengal light and threw it into the air; the flame flashed across Nancy's features, and fell upon the hat of a man near her.

From In the Year of Jubilee by Gissing, George

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