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  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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