bonnet

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'I' m sure it wants kissing by nobody, 'she said, adding with a spasm of passion:' Oh! I know the colours of my bonnet are all smeared over it, and I'm a dreadful fright. '

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  1. noun A hat of cloth or straw, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin, that is worn by women and children.
  2. noun Scots A brimless cap worn by men or boys.
  3. noun A removable metal plate over a machine part, such as a valve.
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  • The real bug in my bonnet was the idea that these things looked at humans not just as a civilization to be conquered or a market to be exploited, but as...well...food! —  F ;SF - vol 102 issue 04 - April 2002
  • Under the bonnet will be a development of the same supercharged and turbocharged 1. 4-litre engine as the VW Polo GTi (Issue 1,044) and SEAT Ibiza Cupra. —  The German Car Blog
  • Under the bonnet is the same 332bhp 3. 7-litre V6 as its fixed-roof stablemate, hooked up to either a seven-speed automatic, or a six-speed manual gearbox featuring Nissan's revolutionary SynchroRev Match technology. —  Auto Express: News
  • But bolted somewhere under the bonnet is a natty turbocharger which boosts power and torque across the rev range. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • Under the bonnet is a 7. 3-litre V12 engine, a development with renowned specialists Cosworth of the 6-litre unit used in the DBS, DB9, and new V12 Vantage.
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  1. Middle English bonet, cap, from Old French, material for a headdress, perhaps from Medieval Latin obbonis, probably of Germanic origin.

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  1. Early modern English also bonet, from Middle English bonet, bonette, bonat, from Old French bonet, bonnet, bounet, modern F. bonnet (= Provencal boneta = Spanish bonete; cf. Dutch bonnet = Middle High German bonīt = Gaelic bonaid; Middle Latin bonetus, bonetum, also boneta, bonneta), bonnet, cap (hence the nautical sense, Middle English bonet, from Old French bonette, French bonnette, bonnet); properly the name of a stuff (Middle Latin bonetus, bonnetus, bonetum, bonnetum) of which the thing (chapel de bonet, hat or cap of bonet) was made. Perhaps of Eastern origin; cf. Hindustani bānāt, woolen cloth, broadcloth.
  2. from bonnet, n.
 

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