Bonny

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.