What does "bonny" mean?
Bonny: Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe. Be you blithe and bonny. Shak. Report speaks you a bonny monk, that would hear the matiSir W. Scott.
Additional senses
- 2.A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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