Defn: The quality of being bonny; gayety [R.]
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.
BONNY
Bon"ny, n. (Mining)
Defn: A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein.
BONNYCLABBER Bon"ny*clab`ber, n. Etym: [Ir. bainne, baine, milk + clabar mud, mire.]
Defn: Coagulated sour milk; loppered milk; curdled milk; — sometimes called simply clabber. B. Jonson.
BON SILENE
Bon" Si`lène". Etym: [F.] (Bot.)
Defn: A very fragrant tea rose with petals of various shades of pink.