bonnet 
Il.t iiitrniin. To pull off the bonnet; make 
obeisance. xlink., (Jor., ii. '2. 
bonnet- block ( bon 'et-blok), n. Awoodenshape 
ou which a bonnet is put to bo pressed. 
bonneted (bon'ct-ed), a. Wearing a bonnet. 
or furnish i'il with a bonnet. in :iny of the senses 
of that word. 
bonneter (bon'et-er), . [< bomirt. n., 13, + 
-<)!.] One who induces another to gamble; a 
bonnet. ['Slang.] 
bonnet-fleuk, . Smm 1 :is /<H/'/-//H/.-I-. 
bonnet-fluke (bou'et-flflk), . A Scotch name 
of the In-ill, Illiiiiiiliiin lii 'i-i.t. See brill. 
bonnet-grass (bon'et-gras), . White bent- 
grass, Agrostit ullm. 
bonnet-laird (bon'et-lard), . One who farms 
his own property; a yeoman; a freeholder. 
[Scotch.] 
A lang word or bit <> learning that our fanners anil 
canna' sae weel follow. Scott. 
bonnet-limpet (bon'et-lim'pet), . A mollusk 
of the family Calyptrteidie. The Hungarian 
bonnet-limpet is Pileopsis huiigarica. 
bonnet-macaque (bon'et-ma-kak/), . A 
monkey (MaeacHx xiiiii-ms), a native of Bengal 
Bonnet-macaque < Macacits xinifiis ,. 
and Ceylon, and well known in confinement, 
which its hardy constitution enables it to en- 
dure in any climate. It receives Its name from the 
peculiar arrangement of the hairs on the erown of its 
head, which seem to form a kind of cap or bonnet. Its 
general color is a somewhat bright olive-gray, and the 
skin of the face is of a leathery flesh-color. Also called 
inunya. 
bonnet-monkey (bon'et-mung /l 'ki), . Same as 
lion net-macaque. 
bonnet-piece (bon'et-pes), . [From the rep- 
resentation of a bonnet on the king's head.] 
A Scotch gold coin first issued in 1539 by James 
623 
bonnibelt (bon'i-bel). H. [< bonnt/l + MR, i 
or < F. bnini/ it brlli , good and beautiful. Cf. 
bfl/ihoHt:"] A handsome girl ; a fair maid; a 
bonny lass. ,s/ ,/.,-. 
\\VII. ln.,k lo him, ilium- ; lM'*hrv\v MH-. wrre I 
\|"M-M ih ', you Hlioiilil nt-eil a good eye. 
II. Joiuon, The Penates. 
bonnilasset, [For Ixniny /#.] A beautiful 
girl ; a sweetheart. 
\- tin- bonilanne passed by, . . . 
sin rovde at mee with glanncing eye. 
*i"-iuer, 8hep. Cal., August. 
bonnily (bou'i-li), adv. In a bonny manner; 
beautifully; finely; pleasantly. 
His \v < t.ii in^lr, l,!h)kiti' imniiUy. 
Burnt, Cottar's 
bonniness (bon'i-nes), . [< bonny 1 + -ness.] 
1. The quality of being bonny; beauty. 2f. 
Gaiety; blitheness. 
bonny 1 (bon'i), o. [Also written bonme, for- 
merly also bony, bonie, < ME. bonic, appar. ex- 
tended, as if dim., from the reg. ME. bon, bone, 
good. < OF. bon, fern, bonne, good: see bon*, 
BOOM*.] 1. Beautiful; fair or pleasant to look 
upon; pretty; fine. 
lie wolde, after fyght, 
Bonie landes to heom dyght. 
King AKmunder, in Weber's Metr. Rom., 1. SH02. 
Till Jxnni't Susan sj>ed across the plain. 
Gay, Shepherd's Week, Friday, 1. 100. 
2. Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe. 
Then sigh not so, 
But let them go, 
And be you blithe and bonny. 
fill / 1 1... Much Ado, II. :;. 
] Hinni'i and its derivatives are now chiefly Scotch. The 
Scotch often use bonny ironically, in the same way as the 
English Jine or pretty : as, a bonny penny to pay ; a bonny 
state of things. 
Ye'll see the toun intlll a bonny steer [stir, hubbub). 
A. Rom, Helenore, p. 90.] 
bonny 2 t (bon'i), . [Also written bonney, 
bitnny. Origin unknown.] In mining, a mass 
of ore adjacent to a vein, but not distinctly 
connected with it; "a great collection of ore, 
without any vein coming into or going from it," 
Pryce. [Cornwall. Bare.] Se carbona. 
bonnyclabber (bon'i-klab-er), . [Also former- 
ly written bonny clabber, bonniclapper, bony- 
clabo, etc. ; < Ir. bainne, milk (cf. baine, compar. 
of ban, white), + claba, thick mud.] 1. Milk 
that is turned or has become thick in the pro- 
cess of souring. 2. A drink made of beer and 
buttermilk or soured cream. 
To drink such balderdash or bonnyclabber. 
B. Jonson, >"ew Inn, I. 1. 
booby-hut 
neut., a good thing: see liana and '" 
Something of the natun- of an honorarium or 
voluntary additional compensation for a ser- 
vice or advantage; a sum given or paid over 
and above what is required to be paid or is 
regularly payable. () A pn-miur , loan 
"i lor u rharU-r nr otli'-r pri\il> u>- m;ntti <1 to ;t > oinpany. 
(ft) All l-Ml-ii iliviib-nil ol :|]|nu:n 
a joint-stock i-ninpuiiy, hoHn- of iii*imiiirt- [MiNiics, etc.. 
nut of accumulated proflu. 
The luniks wliii-h now hold the >l'-pnlt pay nothing to 
the public ; they give no bontm, they pay no nnmiity. 
Webnter, Speech, Senate, May 7, 1834. 
(e) A sum paid to the agent of a company or the captain 
of a vessel, over and above his stated pay, in piop,,nj,.i, 
io i lie success of his labors, and as a stimulus to extra ex- 
ertion ; a boon. (</) Euphemistically, a brilie. 
bonus (bo'nus), . t. [< bonu, n."] To give or 
add a bonus to; promote by the payment of 
bonuses. 
Obverse. Reverse. 
Bonnet-piece of James V., British Museum. ( Size of the original. ' 
V. of Scotland, weighing about 88^ grains, and 
worth at the time of issue 40s. Scotch. Also 
called braid-boiiin t. 
There Is a high price upon thy head, and Julian Aveuel 
loves the glance of gold bonnet-pieces. 
Scott, Monastery, II. v. 
bonnet-rouge (F. pron. bon-a-rozh'), ii. [F., 
lit. red cap: see bonnet and rouge.] 1. The 
cap of liberty of the French revolutionists of 
1793. See liberty-cup. Hence 2. A wearer 
of such a cap; a sans-culotte. 3. A red re- 
publican; an anarchist or communist. 
Bonnet's capsule. See </).</</,'. 
bonnet-shark (bon'et-shark), . A kind of 
hammer-headed shark, 8/ilii/nitt tilmro; a shov- 
elhead. It is smaller than S. zygoma, but may 
attain a length of 6 feet. It is a widely dis- 
tributed species. 
bonnet-shell (bon'et-shel), . The shell of the 
bonnet-limpet. 
bonnet-worm (bou'et-werm), . A worm or 
insect-larva occurring in Florida in the bonnet 
or yellow water-lily (\itphur ailrrna), and used 
as bait for the black-bass. 
bonney, . See '>//-'. 
The feasts, the manly stomachs, 
The healths In usquebaugh and bonntf-dabbfr. 
Fimt, Perkiu Warlwck, ill. 4. 
bonny-dame (bon'i -dam), n. The garden- 
orache, Atriplex hortemis. 
bonsilate (bon'si-lat), n. [Irreg. < bone 1 + 
it(ic)ate.~] A composition of finely ground 
bones and sodium silicate, used as a substitute 
for ivory and hard wood in the manufacture of 
clock-cases, canes, dominoes, etc. Haldeman. 
bon SOir (F. pron. boil swor). [F.: bon, good; 
.';, evening: see bon* and soiree.] Good even- 
ing; good night. 
bonspiel (bon'spel), n. [Sc., also written bon- 
speet, honspel; origin unknown; referred by 
some to an assumed Dan. 'bomlespil, a rustic 
game, < bonde (AS. bonda, ME. bonde, a farmer, 
rustic : see bond 2 ) + spil = G. spiel, a game ; 
by others to an assumed D. 'bondspel, < bond, 
rcrbond, covenant, alliance, + s/icl, a game.] A 
match between two opposite parties, as two 
parishes, at archery, golf, curling, ete. : now 
generally restricted to the last-mentioned game. 
Curling Is the Scotchman's botupiel, but the toboggan 
hcl.-iiu's exclusively to Canada. 
Montreal Daily Star, Carnival Number, 1884. 
bontebok (bon'te-bok), . [D., < bout (= G. 
limit), spotted, + bok = E. ftt/cA-l.] Mcetafihus 
l>ygnriinx, a large bubaline antelope of South 
Africa, closely allied to the blesbok, and having 
a similar blaze on the face. Also written bunt- 
hoi: 
bonte-QUagga (bon'te-kwag'ft), n. < D. bont, 
spotted (see above), + quagga.] The dauw 
(which see), 
bon-ton (F. pron. bon'tdn'), [F., lit. good 
tone: see ban*, fcoon 3 , ton 2 , and tone."] 1. The 
style of persons in high life ; good breeding. 
2. Polite or fashionable soi-ii t\ . 
bonus (bo'nus), n. [Appar. a trade word, < L. 
boiniti, mase., good, erroneously put for bnniim. 
companion. 
bonxie (bonk'si), . [E. dial.: perhaps con- 
nected with dial, bonx, beat up batter for pud- 
dings ; origin unknown.] A name for the skua. 
Stercorarius catarrliacte*. Montagu. [Local, 
British.] 
bony (bo'ni), a. [< (wnei + -1/1.] 1. Consist- 
ing of bone or bones ; full of bones ; pertaining 
to or of the nature of bone. 2. Having large 
or prominent bones; stout; strong. 
Burning for blood, bony, and gaunt, and grim, 
Assembling wolves in raging troops descend. 
Thornton, Winter, 1. 894. 
3. Reduced to bones; thin; attenuated. 4. 
Hard and tough like bone, as the fruit and 
seeds of some plants. 
bony-fish (bo'ni-fish). n. A local (Connecticut) 
name of the menhaden, Breroortiti tyrannus. 
bonzary (bon'za-ri), . [< bonza (see bonze) + 
-ry, after monastery."} A Buddhist monastery. 
bonze (bonz), . [Also bonza; = F. bonze = 
Sp. Pg. It. bonzo (NL. bonzux, bonziua), < Jap. 
bonzo, the Jap. way of pronouncing the Chinese 
fan sung, an ordinary (member) of the assem- 
bly, i. e., the monastery, or monks collectively: 
fan, ordinary, common; sung, repr. Skt. san- 
gha (sarngha), an assembly, < gam, together, + 
/ han, strike.] A Buddh'ist monk, especially 
of China and Japan. 
A priest in England is not the same mortified creature 
with a bonze iu China. 
(fuldmiith, Citizen of the World, vii. 
bonzian (bon'zi-an), n. [< bonze + -Jan.] Of 
or pertaining to the bonzes or Buddhist monks 
of China and Japan ; monkish : as, bonzian max- 
ims; bonzian mysteries. 
bOO 1 (bS), inter/. Same as 60*. 
boo 2 (b<i), n. Same as bu. 
booby (bS'bi), n. and n. [Formerly also boobie, 
boobec (the E. word as applied to the bird is 
the source of F. boubie, the bird called booby) ; 
prob. < Sp. 6060, a fool, dunce, dolt, buffoon, 
also a bird so called from its apparent stupid- 
ity; = Pg. 6060, a buffoon, = OF. baube, a stam- 
merer, < L. balbu9, stammering, lisping, inar- 
ticulate, akin to Gr. fiapifapoc, orig. inarticulate : 
see balbuties and barbarous."] I. .; pi. boobies 
(-biz). 1. A stupid fellow; a dull or foolish 
person ; a lubber. 
When blows ensue that break the ami of toil, 
And rustic battle ends the boobies' broil. Crabbr. 
An awkward booby, reared up and spoiled at his mother's 
apron-string. Qoldmnith, She Stoops to Conquer, I. -2. 
2. The pupil at the foot of a class : the dunce 
of the class or of the school. 3. In progressive 
euchre, the player who has failed most conspic- 
uously in the game. 4. The name of various 
species of brown and white gannets, birds of 
the family Sulida:, genus Sula. The common booby 
of the United States is Sula leucogantra, a well-known 
species of the South Atlantic coast. Others are the red- 
footed booby, Sula pucator, and the blue-faced booby, 5. 
eyanopn, found on many coasts and Islands of the warmer 
parts of the world. 
5. In New England, a hack on runners; a 
sleigh kept for hire. 
II. a. Of or pertaining to a booby or boobies ; 
foolish; stupid. 
He burned his fingers, and to cool them he applied them 
in his booby fashion to his mouth. Lamb, Roast Pig. 
booby-hatch (bo'bi-hach), n. yaut., a wooden 
framework with sashes and a sliding cover, 
used in merchant vessels to cover the after- 
hatch. 
booby-hut (bo"bi-hut), n. A kind of hooded 
sleigh. [Local, U. S.] 
