{ or } n. 1. A broad, flat Scottish cap of blue woolen, or one wearing such cap; a Scotchman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A plant. Same as Bluebottle. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) The European blue titmouse (Parus cœruleus); the bluecap. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. -nières /plu>. [ F. ] A small fancy box or dish for bonbons. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A kind of embroidery made with a complicated sewing machine, said to have been originally invented by a Frenchman of the name of Bonnaz. The work is done either in freehand or by following a perforated design. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F., prop. good woman. ] A female servant charged with the care of a young child. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ pl. Bonnes bouches [ F. bon, fem. bonne, good + bouche mouth. ] A delicious morsel or mouthful; a tidbit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bonet, OF. bonet, bonete. F. bonnet fr. LL. bonneta, bonetum; orig. the name of a stuff, and of unknown origin. ] 1. A headdress for men and boys; a cap. [ Obs. ] Milton. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland. [ 1913 Webster ]

And plaids and bonnets waving high. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at different times; formerly the front part projected, and spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Anything resembling a bonnet in shape or use; as, (a) (Fort.) A small defense work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire. (b) A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc. (c) A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks. (d) A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft. (e) In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Naut.) An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of a jib or foresail in moderate winds. Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The second stomach of a ruminating animal. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid; a decoy. [ Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Automobiles) The metal cover or shield over the motor; predominantly British usage. In the U.S. it is called the hood. [ Brit. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Bonnet limpet (Zool.), a name given, from their shape, to various species of shells (family Calyptræidæ). --
Bonnet monkey (Zool.), an East Indian monkey (Macacus sinicus), with a tuft of hair on its head; the munga. --
Bonnet piece, a gold coin of the time of James V. of Scotland, the king's head on which wears a bonnet. Sir W. Scott. --
To have a bee in the bonnet. See under Bee. --
Black bonnet. See under Black. --
Blue bonnet. See in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Wearing a bonnet. “Bonneted and shawled.” Howitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Fort.) Protected by a bonnet. See Bonnet, 4 (a). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.), small harmless hammerhead shark (Sphyrna tiburio) of the southern United States and West Indies, having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries.
Syn. -- shovelhead, bonnet shark, Sphyrna tiburo. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Without a bonnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F. ] The red cap adopted by the extremists in the French Revolution, which became a sign of patriotism at that epoch; hence, a revolutionist; a Red Republican. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. bonne et belle, good and beautiful. Cf. Bellibone. ] A handsome girl. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Scot. ] See Bonny, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bonny + lass. ] A “bonny lass”; a beautiful girl. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Gayly; handsomely. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being bonny; gayety; handsomeness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Till bonny Susan sped across the plain. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Far from the bonnie banks of Ayr. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be you blithe and bonny. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Report speaks you a bonny monk, that would hear the matin chime ere he quitted his bowl. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mining) A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ir. bainne, baine, milk + clabar mud, mire. ] Coagulated sour milk; loppered milk; curdled milk; -- sometimes called simply clabber. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n., or . [ Name of a valley in Scotland. ] A kind of Highland Scotch cap for men, with straight sides and a hollow top sloping to the back, where it is parted and held together by ribbons or strings.

The long silk streamers of his Glengarry bonnet. L. Hutton. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A bonnet, generally made of some thin or light fabric, projecting beyond the face, and commonly having a cape, -- worn by women as a protection against the sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ 1st pref. un- + bonnet. ] To take a bonnet from; to take off one's bonnet; to uncover; as, to unbonnet one's head. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]