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