Bengal light
Britishnoun
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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 Noah Webster
The foot of the infuriate beast was raised to crush his skull, when another man flashed a Bengal light in his face, with the flame almost in his eyes, and the giant bellowed and fled.
From Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East by Oliver Optic
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 W. G. (William Gershom) Collingwood
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 Edward Stratemeyer
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
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