BONNIES

Noun

bonnies

plural of bonny

Anagrams

• Bonines, benison

Source: Wiktionary


BONNIE

Bon"nie, a. Etym: [Scot.]

Definition: See Bonny, a.

BONNY

Bon"ny, a. [Spelled bonnie by the Scotch.] Etym: [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 matiSir W. Scott.

Bon"ny, n. (Mining)

Definition: A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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