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A thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought from Bengal.

The language spoken in Bengal.

Of or pertaining to Bengal. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Bengal.

A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the East Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves.

A Bengal light.

A small quadruped of Bengal (Paradoxurus bondar), allied to the genet; -- called also musk cat.

The west coast, or a portion of the west coast, of the Bay of Bengal. Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola. -- Coromandel wood, Calamander wood.

An Indian bustard (Otis aurita). The Bengal floriken is Sypheotides Bengalensis. [Written also florikan, floriken, florican.]

A cart with wooden wheels, drawn by bullocks. [Bengal] Malcom.

A machine of great antiquity, used in Bengal for raising water to irrigate land. Knight.

s of small, spotted cats found in Africa, Southern Asia, and the East Indies; esp., Felis Bengalensis. -- Leopard marmot. See Gopher, 2.

ling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or colored flame; as, a Bengal light.

A Bengalese four-oared boat for passengers. [Written also panshway and paunchwas.] Malcom.

One of the three great divisions of British India, the Bengal, Madras, and Bombay Presidencies, each of which had a council of which its governor was president.

Any one of several species of Asiatic cuckoos of the genus Taccocua, as the Bengal sirkeer (T. sirkee).

ncy. In extent of use it is the next language after Hindustani (in its various forms) and Bengali. [Spelt also Teloogoo.]

l grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also royal tiger, and Bengal tiger.

cloth made from the cocoons of a caterpillar other than the common silkworm, much used in Bengal and China.