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

The next moment a Bengal light illuminated the pier, and the lifeboat was silhouetted with strange effectiveness against the storm.

From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold

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

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

Taking then from his haversack a Bengal light, he ignited it and threw it into the dark void.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 by Various

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