Bonny : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Bonny	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Bonny
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bonny adj very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens" Synonym(s): bonny, bonnie, comely, fair, sightly
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.