Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bonny \Bon"ny\, 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.

            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
            mati?chime ere he quitted his bowl.   --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

Bonny \Bon"ny\, n. (Mining)
   A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not
   communicating with a vein.

Source : WordNet®

bonny
     adj : very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny
           bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens"
           [syn: {bonnie}, {comely}, {fair}]
     [also: {bonniest}, {bonnier}]