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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BONAILIE, BONNAILLIE, Bonalie, Bonallies, Bonail, Bonalais, Bonello, n. Obs. or arch. [bɔn′el(ɪ̢), bɔn′alez, bɔn′ɛlo]

1. “A drink taken with [or a toast to] a friend, when one is about to part with him; as expressive of one's wishing him a prosperous journey” (Sc. 1808 Jam. s.v. bonalais).Sc. 1722 W. Hamilton Wallace 222:
[They] drank their Bonalies, in good Wine and Ale, Then cheerfully, for Sea hois'd up their Sail.Sc. 1815 Scott Farewell to Mackenzie, Poet. Wks. (1821) VII. 486:
On the brave vessel's gunnel I drank his bonail, And farewell to Mackenzie, High Chief of Kintail!Abd. 1882 W. Forsyth Sel. from Writings 26:
An' whare awa's the auld dear een, That oor bonalie blinkit in At the merket cross o' Aberdeen.Arg. 1931 I. Burnett Ravens Enter the House 159:
The men went off next morning. Catherine brought out their bonailie with her own hands, the three glasses on a silver ashet.Ayr. 1822 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage 218:
He was even found unable to participate in their landlord's hearty bonnaillie.Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 78:
Kirrcormock's blyth lairdie, or he gaed awa . . . Invited his neebours about ane and a' To gi'e him a merry bonello.

2. pl. in phr. to cry bonallies, to cry godspeed.Sc. [1907] D. MacAlister Echoes (1923) 167:
I'll come oot to cry bonallies.