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5. (Naut.) An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of a jib or foresail in moderate winds. Hakluyt.
6. The second stomach of a ruminating animal.
7. An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid; a decoy. [Cant]
Bonnet head (Zoöl.), a shark (Sphyrna tiburio) of the southern United States and West Indies. — Bonnet
limpet (Zoöl.), a name given, from their shape, to various species of shells (family Calyptræidæ). — Bonnet
monkey (Zoöl.), an East Indian monkey with a tuft of hair on its head; the munga. — Bonnet piece, a
gold coin of the time of James V. of Scotland, the king's head on which wears a bonnet. Sir W. Scott.
— To have a bee in the bonnet. See under Bee. — Black bonnet. See under Black. — Blue
bonnet. See in the Vocabulary.
Bonnet
(Bon"net), v. i. To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover. [Obs.] Shak.
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