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Bonny
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
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.