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beany, a.|ˈbiːnɪ|
[f. bean n. + -y1.]
1. In good condition (? like a bean-fed horse); spirited, fresh. slang.
1852Kingsley in Life (1877) I. 278 The very incongruity keeps one beany and jolly. 1870Daily News 27 July 5 The horses..looked fresh and beany.
2. In salt-mining: beany marl or beany metal = bean metal (bean n. 8).
1886R. Holland Gloss. Words Chester, Beany marl. 1892Cornh. Mag. Sept. 258 After a while what is locally termed ‘beany metal’ is reached. |