YON

I. ˈyän, ˈyȯn, ˈyən adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English geon; akin to Old High German ienēr, enēr, adjective, that, Old Norse inn the, Gothic jains, adjective, that, Latin enim, conjunction, for, Greek enē day after tomorrow, Old Slavic onŭ he, that

1. chiefly dialect : that is or lies some distance away in the indicated place or direction : yonder 2

the nighest is four miles off, over yon snowy hills — Herman Melville

2. dialect : yonder 1

friends on the yon side of the Potomac — Hervey Allen

II. pronoun

Etymology: Middle English, from yon, adjective

dialect : that or those yonder

marryin' a man like yon — Neil Munro

III. adverb

Etymology: Middle English (Scots), from Middle English yon, adjective

: yonder

yon the gallows used to clank — A.E.Housman

palaces here and pleasure domes yon — John Beaufort

scattered here and yon — Calder Willingham

IV. ˈyän noun

( -s )

Etymology: origin unknown

: an Indian tree ( Anogeissus acuminata ) of the family Combretaceae with hard heavy yellowish wood that is especially strong and useful for handles and shafts