Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bonny"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bonny \Bon"ny\, a. [Spelled {bonnie} by the Scotch.] [OE. boni,
prob. fr. F. bon, fem. bonne, good, fr. L. bonus good. See
{Bounty}, and cf. {Bonus}, {Boon}.]
1. Handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and
graceful.
Till bonny Susan sped across the plain. --Gay.
Far from the bonnie banks of Ayr. --Burns.
2. Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe.
Be you blithe and bonny. --Shak.
Report speaks you a bonny monk, that would hear the
mati?chime ere he quitted his bowl. --Sir W.
Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bonny \Bon"ny\, n. (Mining)
A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not
communicating with a vein.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bonny
adj : very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny
bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens"
[syn: {bonnie}, {comely}, {fair}]
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