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 ]