Noah Webster
Bonny
BON'NY, adjective [Latin bonus.]
1. Handsome; beautiful.
Till bonny Susan sped across the plain.
2. Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe.
Blithe and bonny
3. In familiar language, plump, as plump and healthful persons are most inclined to mirth.
[This word is much used in Scotland.]
BON'NY, noun Among miners, a bed of ore, differing from a squat in being round, whereas a squat is flat; or a distinct bed of ore, that communicates with no vein.