Bengaln.

/bɛŋˈɡɔːl/

Forms: In 1600s bengall.

Etymology: Name of a province of Hindustan (in Marco Polo, 1298, as Bangala; in Vasco de Gama, 1498, as Bemgala; in Ovington, 1690, as Bengala; Col. Yule).

Applied to piece goods (apparently of different kinds) exported from Bengal to England in the 17th cent.: cf. Bengal stripes n. at Compounds.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric from specific place > [noun]

irislams1375

westvale1383

hinderland1465

ypir?1517

Normandy1529

Ghentish1545

mant1575

Scots cloth1581

northerna1592

turquesques1594

Westphalia1612

nilla1614

phota1616

Norwich stuff1618

Venus1629

nicanee1652

East India1659

caffoy1678

Bengal1681

Mantua1699

coffoy1703

Chello1712

negannepaut1725

Russia drab1741

Wilton1744

toile de Jouy1784

sorting-cloth1847

rum-swizzle1851

sarong1858

Yokohama1879

Turkoman1881

Mexican1883

kanga1895

Milanese1926

leso1961

1681 Exact Coll. Deb. House of Commons 63 Their Persian Silks, Bengalls, Printed and Painted Callicoes..are used for Beds, Hanging of Rooms.

1696 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 147 A bill to be brought in to forbid the wearing of wrought silks brought from Persia and East India, with bengalls, callicoes, etc.

1696 J. F. Merchant's Ware-house 30 There is two sorts, strip'd and plain, by the Buyers..called Bengalls... They are very fine stripes, but are of no great use or service.

1701 London Gaz. No. 3740/3 All Wrought Silks, Bengalls, and Stuffs mixed with Silk.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Bengal, a sort of thin slight stuff, made of silk and hair, for women's apparel.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 141 The importation of silks and of Bengals, as shawls were then called, was pronounced to be a curse to the country.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations.

Bengal fire n. = Bengal light n.

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society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > luminous signals > [noun] > pyrotechnic signals

blue light1761

fire shell1765

Indian light1787

Bengal light1791

Indian fire1831

flare-up light1858

flare1883

Very1907

fairy light1916

Aldis lamp1917

Aldis1918

Bengal fire1941

flame float1942

Bengal flash1946

1941 J. Cary House of Children xliv. 191 If you have a sea battle, Harry, we must get you a Bengal fire—it's the finest thing in the world for a ship blowing up after a battle.

Bengal flash n.

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society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > luminous signals > [noun] > pyrotechnic signals

blue light1761

fire shell1765

Indian light1787

Bengal light1791

Indian fire1831

flare-up light1858

flare1883

Very1907

fairy light1916

Aldis lamp1917

Aldis1918

Bengal fire1941

flame float1942

Bengal flash1946

1946 A. Koestler Thieves in Night 68 In the reddish bengal flashes which accompanied the detonations the silhouette of the barbed wire emerged.

Bengal isinglass n. = agar-agar n.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > vegetable extracts or preparations > [noun] > extract from seaweed

agar-agar1849

Bengal isinglass1863

1863 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 61 Agar-agar or Bengal Isinglass.

Bengal light n. a kind of firework producing a steady and vivid blue-coloured light, used for signals; also figurative (see also quot. 1899).

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society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > luminous signals > [noun] > pyrotechnic signals

blue light1761

fire shell1765

Indian light1787

Bengal light1791

Indian fire1831

flare-up light1858

flare1883

Very1907

fairy light1916

Aldis lamp1917

Aldis1918

Bengal fire1941

flame float1942

Bengal flash1946

1791 Aris's Gaz. (Birmingham) 5 Sept. 3/5 A Bengola Light.

1818 in Pall Mall Gaz. (1885) 5 Nov. 4/2 Superior Fireworks... A Bengal light.

1852 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. (1954) II. 54 Froude is good—writes very judiciously and pleasantly, except that at the end he brings on Bengal lights and goes off in a Carlylian flourish.

c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 381/1 Used for the manufacture of Bengal lights.

1899 Connorton's Tobacco Brand Directory U.S. 550 Bengal Lights (cigarettes and cheroots).

Bengal madder n. (the root of) an Indian dye plant, munjeet, Rubia cordifolia.

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1813 W. Ainslie Materia Medica Hindoostan 87 Bengal Madder, Rubia Manjith Roxb.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 708/2 Bengal Madder, Rubia cordifolia.

Bengal quince n. the fruit of Ægle Marmelos, belonging to the orange family.

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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > citrus fruit > [noun] > orange > types of orange

Seville orange1593

bigarade1658

Tangerine orange1710

mikan1727

mandarin1771

naartjie1790

blood orange1806

blood-red orange1826

Tangerine1842

navel orange1856

Florida orange1861

Bengal quince1866

noble orange1866

blood1867

satsuma1881

citrange1903

tangelo1904

sour orange1920

clementine1926

ortanique1936

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > citrus fruit > orange > types of orange

Seville orange1593

kumquat1699

Tangerine orange1710

mikan1727

mandarin1771

naartjie1790

blood orange1806

St. Michael'sc1830

Tangerine1842

navel orange1856

Florida orange1861

Bengal quince1866

noble orange1866

blood1867

Jaffa1881

satsuma1881

navel1882

citrange1903

tangelo1904

Valencia1915

sour orange1920

clementine1926

minneola1931

ortanique1936

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 953 Bengal Quince, Ægle Marmelos.

Bengal root n. (see quot.).

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > medicinal roots > zedoary root or plant

zedoaryOE

setwall?c1225

curcuma1617

zerumbet1640

cassumunar1693

Bengal root1866

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 135 Bengal Root, an old name for the roots of the Yellow Zedoary.

Bengal silk n.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from choice of fibres > [noun] > cotton or linen > patterned

gingham1615

Bengal silk1711

seersucker1722

Bengal stripes1875

1711 London Gaz. No. 4850/3. 15 Pound of Single E Bengal Silk.

Bengal stripes n. striped ginghams, originally brought from Bengal, afterwards manufactured at Paisley, etc.

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gingham1615

Bengal silk1711

seersucker1722

Bengal stripes1875

1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 336 Bengal stripes, Ginghams; a kind of cotton cloth woven with coloured stripes, so called from the cottons which we formerly imported from Bengal.

Bengal tiger n. the tiger proper, so called from its abundance in lower Bengal.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	bengal
释义	Bengaln. /bɛŋˈɡɔːl/ Forms: In 1600s bengall. Etymology: Name of a province of Hindustan (in Marco Polo, 1298, as Bangala; in Vasco de Gama, 1498, as Bemgala; in Ovington, 1690, as Bengala; Col. Yule). Applied to piece goods (apparently of different kinds) exported from Bengal to England in the 17th cent.: cf. Bengal stripes n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric from specific place > [noun] irislams1375 westvale1383 hinderland1465 ypir?1517 Normandy1529 Ghentish1545 mant1575 Scots cloth1581 northerna1592 turquesques1594 Westphalia1612 nilla1614 phota1616 Norwich stuff1618 Venus1629 nicanee1652 East India1659 caffoy1678 Bengal1681 Mantua1699 coffoy1703 Chello1712 negannepaut1725 Russia drab1741 Wilton1744 toile de Jouy1784 sorting-cloth1847 rum-swizzle1851 sarong1858 Yokohama1879 Turkoman1881 Mexican1883 kanga1895 Milanese1926 leso1961 1681 Exact Coll. Deb. House of Commons 63 Their Persian Silks, Bengalls, Printed and Painted Callicoes..are used for Beds, Hanging of Rooms. 1696 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 147 A bill to be brought in to forbid the wearing of wrought silks brought from Persia and East India, with bengalls, callicoes, etc. 1696 J. F. Merchant's Ware-house 30 There is two sorts, strip'd and plain, by the Buyers..called Bengalls... They are very fine stripes, but are of no great use or service. 1701 London Gaz. No. 3740/3 All Wrought Silks, Bengalls, and Stuffs mixed with Silk. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Bengal, a sort of thin slight stuff, made of silk and hair, for women's apparel. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 141 The importation of silks and of Bengals, as shawls were then called, was pronounced to be a curse to the country. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. Bengal fire n. = Bengal light n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > luminous signals > [noun] > pyrotechnic signals blue light1761 fire shell1765 Indian light1787 Bengal light1791 Indian fire1831 flare-up light1858 flare1883 Very1907 fairy light1916 Aldis lamp1917 Aldis1918 Bengal fire1941 flame float1942 Bengal flash1946 1941 J. Cary House of Children xliv. 191 If you have a sea battle, Harry, we must get you a Bengal fire—it's the finest thing in the world for a ship blowing up after a battle. Bengal flash n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > luminous signals > [noun] > pyrotechnic signals blue light1761 fire shell1765 Indian light1787 Bengal light1791 Indian fire1831 flare-up light1858 flare1883 Very1907 fairy light1916 Aldis lamp1917 Aldis1918 Bengal fire1941 flame float1942 Bengal flash1946 1946 A. Koestler Thieves in Night 68 In the reddish bengal flashes which accompanied the detonations the silhouette of the barbed wire emerged. Bengal isinglass n. = agar-agar n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > vegetable extracts or preparations > [noun] > extract from seaweed agar-agar1849 Bengal isinglass1863 1863 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 61 Agar-agar or Bengal Isinglass. Bengal light n. a kind of firework producing a steady and vivid blue-coloured light, used for signals; also figurative (see also quot. 1899). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > luminous signals > [noun] > pyrotechnic signals blue light1761 fire shell1765 Indian light1787 Bengal light1791 Indian fire1831 flare-up light1858 flare1883 Very1907 fairy light1916 Aldis lamp1917 Aldis1918 Bengal fire1941 flame float1942 Bengal flash1946 1791 Aris's Gaz. (Birmingham) 5 Sept. 3/5 A Bengola Light. 1818 in Pall Mall Gaz. (1885) 5 Nov. 4/2 Superior Fireworks... A Bengal light. 1852 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. (1954) II. 54 Froude is good—writes very judiciously and pleasantly, except that at the end he brings on Bengal lights and goes off in a Carlylian flourish. c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 381/1 Used for the manufacture of Bengal lights. 1899 Connorton's Tobacco Brand Directory U.S. 550 Bengal Lights (cigarettes and cheroots). Bengal madder n. (the root of) an Indian dye plant, munjeet, Rubia cordifolia. ΚΠ 1813 W. Ainslie Materia Medica Hindoostan 87 Bengal Madder, Rubia Manjith Roxb. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 708/2 Bengal Madder, Rubia cordifolia. Bengal quince n. the fruit of Ægle Marmelos, belonging to the orange family. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > citrus fruit > [noun] > orange > types of orange Seville orange1593 bigarade1658 Tangerine orange1710 mikan1727 mandarin1771 naartjie1790 blood orange1806 blood-red orange1826 Tangerine1842 navel orange1856 Florida orange1861 Bengal quince1866 noble orange1866 blood1867 satsuma1881 citrange1903 tangelo1904 sour orange1920 clementine1926 ortanique1936 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > citrus fruit > orange > types of orange Seville orange1593 kumquat1699 Tangerine orange1710 mikan1727 mandarin1771 naartjie1790 blood orange1806 St. Michael'sc1830 Tangerine1842 navel orange1856 Florida orange1861 Bengal quince1866 noble orange1866 blood1867 Jaffa1881 satsuma1881 navel1882 citrange1903 tangelo1904 Valencia1915 sour orange1920 clementine1926 minneola1931 ortanique1936 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 953 Bengal Quince, Ægle Marmelos. Bengal root n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > medicinal roots > zedoary root or plant zedoaryOE setwall?c1225 curcuma1617 zerumbet1640 cassumunar1693 Bengal root1866 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 135 Bengal Root, an old name for the roots of the Yellow Zedoary. Bengal silk n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from choice of fibres > [noun] > cotton or linen > patterned gingham1615 Bengal silk1711 seersucker1722 Bengal stripes1875 1711 London Gaz. No. 4850/3. 15 Pound of Single E Bengal Silk. Bengal stripes n. striped ginghams, originally brought from Bengal, afterwards manufactured at Paisley, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from choice of fibres > [noun] > cotton or linen > patterned gingham1615 Bengal silk1711 seersucker1722 Bengal stripes1875 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 336 Bengal stripes, Ginghams; a kind of cotton cloth woven with coloured stripes, so called from the cottons which we formerly imported from Bengal. Bengal tiger n. the tiger proper, so called from its abundance in lower Bengal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1681
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