BON'NY, adjective [Latin bonus.] 1. Handsome; beautiful. Till bonny Susan sped across the plain. 2. Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe. Blithe and bonny 3. In familiar language, plump, as plump and healthful persons are most inclined to mirth. [This word is much used in Scotland.] BON'NY, noun Among miners, a bed of ore, differing from a squat in being round, whereas a squat is flat; or a distinct bed of ore, that communicates with no vein.
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