BONNY

bonny, bonnie, comely, fair, sightly

(adjective) very pleasing to the eye; “my bonny lass”; “there’s a bonny bay beyond”; “a comely face”; “young fair maidens”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

bonny (comparative more bonny, superlative most bonny)

(Geordie) Alternative spelling of bonnie

Etymology 2

Noun

bonny (plural bonnies)

(mining) A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein.

Source: Wiktionary


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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