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yonder |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Yonder \Yon"der\, adv [OE. yonder, [yogh]onder; cf OD ginder, Goth. jaindr? there ????. See {Yond}, adv.] At a distance, but within view. Yonder are two apple women scolding. --Arbuthnot. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Yonder \Yon"der\, a. Being at a distance within view, or conceived of as within view; that or those there yon. ``Yon flowery arbors, yonder alleys green.'' --Milton. ``Yonder sea of light.'' --Keble. Yonder men are too many for an embassage. --Bacon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: yonder adj : distant but within sight; "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; (`yon' is dialectal, as in "what is yon place?") [syn: {yon}] 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: {yon}]
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