Part 94 (1/2)

_Maitland Poems._

_Boniest_, most beautiful.

_Montgomerie._

2. It is occasionally used ironically, in the same way with E. _pretty_, S.

_Priests of Peblis._

3. Precious, valuable.

_Minstrelsy Border._

_Bonny_ is used in the same sense by Shakspeare, and since his time by some other E. writers. But I suspect that it is properly S. Johnson derives it from Fr. _bon_, _bonne_, good. This is by no means satisfactory; but we must confess that we cannot subst.i.tute a better etymon.

BONYNES, _s._ Beauty, handsomeness.

_Philotus_.

BONK, _s._ Bank.

_Douglas._

Probably corr. from A. S. _bene_. Isl. _bunga_, however, signifies tumor terrae.

BONNAGE, _s._ An obligation, on the part of the tenant, to cut down the proprietor's corn.

_Statist. Acc._

Evidently a corr. of _Bondage_.

BONNAR, _s._ ”A bond,” Gl.

_Popular Ball._

BONNET.

V. ~White Bonnet~.

BONOCH, _s._ ”A binding to tie a cow's hind legs when she is a-milking.”

_Kelly._