3 definitions found
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 1.6 [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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