Obs. Mining. Also bonney. [? Cf. BUNNY, a swelling.] (See quots.)
1671. Phil. Trans., No. 69. 2098, cited in Chambers, Cycl. Supp. (1753), who says, Bonny, a name given by our miners to a bed of ore not forming a vein, nor communicating with any other vein…. They differ from the squats only in being round beds of ore, whereas those are flat.
1721. Bailey, Bonny, (with miners) is a distinct bed of Oar, that communicates with no Vein. [Hence in later Dicts.]
