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.
Bon"ny, n. (Mining) A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein.
Bon"ny*clab`ber (&?;), n. [Ir. bainne, baine, milk + clabar mud, mire.] Coagulated sour milk; loppered milk; curdled milk; -- sometimes called simply clabber. B. Jonson.
||Bon" Si`lène" (&?;). [F.] (Bot.) A very fragrant tea rose with petals of various shades of pink.
Bon"spiel (&?;), n. [Scot.; of uncertain origin.] A cur&?;ing match between clubs. [Scot.]
||Bon"te*bok (&?;), n. [D. bont a sort of skin or fur, prop. variegated + bok buck.] (Zoöl.) The pied antelope of South Africa (Alcelaphus pygarga). Its face and rump are white. Called also nunni.
||Bon" ton" (&?;). [F., good tone, manner.] The height of the fashion; fashionable society.
Bo"nus (&?;), n.; pl. Bonuses (&?;). [L. bonus good. Cf. Bonny.] 1. (Law) A premium given for a loan, or for a charter or other privilege granted to a company; as the bank paid a bonus for its charter. Bouvier.
2. An extra dividend to the shareholders of a joint stock company, out of accumulated profits.