'Yon' definitions:
Definition of 'yon'
From: WordNet
adverb
At or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal); "the house yonder"; "scattered here and yon"- Calder Willingham [syn: yonder, yon]
adjective
Distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal); "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?" [syn: yonder, yon]
Definition of 'Yon'
From: GCIDE
- 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] [1913 Webster]
- Read thy lot in yon celestial sign. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Though fast yon shower be fleeting. --Keble. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Yon'
From: GCIDE
- Yon \Yon\, adv. Yonder. [Obs. or Poetic] [1913 Webster]
- But, first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing. --Milton. [1913 Webster]