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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bonny \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bonny \Bon"ny\, n. (Mining) A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bonny adj : very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens" [syn: {bonnie}, {comely}, {fair}]
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