bonnyl (bon i)

[Also written bonnie, for merly also bony, bonie, good, upon; pretty; fine. He wolde, after fyght, Bonie landes to heom dyght. King A lisa under , in Weber's Metr. Rom., 1. 3902. Till bonny Susan sped acro the plain. Gay, Shepherd's Week, Friday, 1. 160. 2. Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe. IMG:content-2320.png:[blocks in formation] The banks which now hold the deposits pay nothing to the public; they give no bonus , they pay no annuity. Webster , Speech, Senate, May 7, 1834, (c) A sum paid to the agent of a company or the captain of a ve el, over and above his stated pay, in proportion to the succe of his labors, and as a stimulus to extra exertion; a boon. (d) Euphemistically, a bribe. bonus (bō'nus), v. t. [ bon vivant (F. pron. bôn vē-von'). [F.: bon, good; vivant, ppr. of vivre, and vital, vive.] A generous liver; a jovial ; perhaps con companion. bonxie (bonk'si), n. [E. dial.; nected with dial, bonz, beat up batter for pud dings; origin unknown.] A name for the skua, Stercorarius catarrhactes. Montagu. [Local, British.]