Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Yon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Yon \Yon\ (y[o^]n), a. [OE. yon, [yogh]on, AS. geon; akin to G.
jener, OHG. jen[=e]r, Icel. enn, inn; cf. Goth. jains.
[root]188. Cf. {Beyond}, {Yond}, {Yonder}.]
At a distance, but within view; yonder. [Poetic]
Read thy lot in yon celestial sign. --Milton.
Though fast yon shower be fleeting. --Keble.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Yon \Yon\, adv.
Yonder. [Obs. or Poetic]
But, first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon
soars on golden wing. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
yon
adj : distant but within sight; "yonder valley"; "the hills
yonder"; (`yon' is dialectal, as in "what is yon
place?") [syn: {yonder}]
adv : at or in an indicated (usually distant) place; "the house
yonder"; (`yon' is archaic and dialectal as in
"scattered here and yon"- Calder Willingham) [syn: {yonder}]
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