Bon"ny, n. (Mining) A round and
compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a
vein.
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.