n. See Bonnibel. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the sleek, jolly landlord in Farquhar's comedy of “The Beaux' Stratagem.” ] An innkeeper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bonus good + -form. ] Sensitive or responsive to moral excellence. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. bonus good + -fy: cf. F. bonifier. ] To convert into, or make, good. [ 1913 Webster ]

To bonify evils, or tincture them with good. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The condition or quality of being bony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Senses 1 and 2 fr. 1st Bone, sense 3 fr. 3d Bone. ] 1. The clearing of bones from fish or meat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The manuring of land with bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A method of leveling a line or surface by sighting along the tops of two or more straight edges, or a range of properly spaced poles. See 3d Bone, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Beneficial, as opposed to statutory or civil; as, bonitary dominion of land. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Bonitoes [ Sp. & Pg. bonito, fr. Ar. bainīt and bainīth. ] [ Often incorrectly written bonita. ] (Zool.) 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. any of a variety of scombroid fishes of the genera Sarda or Euthynnus, with a size intermediate between those of the smaller mackerels and the tunas. It is applied especially to the skipjack tuna (Euthynnus pelamis, syn. Katsuwonus pelamis, formerly Sarda Mediterranea, also called skipjack) of the Atlantic, an important and abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and (Sarda Chilensis) of the Pacific, and other related species. These are large and active fishes, of a blue color above and silver below, with black oblique stripes. MW10 [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern part of the United States and the West Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The cobia or crab eater (Elacate canada), an edible fish of the Middle and Southern United States. [ 1913 Webster ]