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Sensitive or responsive to moral excellence. Dr. H. More.

To convert into, or make, good. To bonify evils, or tincture them with good. Cudworth.

The condition or quality of being bony.

The clearing of bones from fish or meat.

Beneficial, as opposed to statutory or civil; as, bonitary dominion of land.

A large tropical fish (Orcynus pelamys) allied to the tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the American coast.

A witty repartee; a jest.

cated sewing machine, said to have been originally invented by a Frenchman of the name of Bonnaz. The work is done either in freehand or by following a perforated design.

(F., prop. good woman.) A female servant charged with the care of a young child.

A delicious morsel or mouthful; a tidbit.

A headdress for men and boys; a cap. [Obs.] Milton. Shak.

The red cap adopted by the extremists in the French Revolution, which became a sign of patriotism at that epoch; hence, a revolutionist; a Red Republican.

Wearing a bonnet. "Bonneted and shawled." Howitt.

Without a bonnet.

A handsome girl. [Obs.]

See Bonny, a.

A "bonny lass"; a beautiful girl. [Obs.] Spenser.

Gayly; handsomely.

The quality of being bonny; gayety [R.]

Handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful. Till bonny Susan sped across the plain. Gay. Far from the bonnie banks of Ayr. Burns.