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Definition of 'yon'English
Etymology 1
(etyl)
Adjective
( -)
(dated|or|dialect) That (thing) over there; of something distant, but within sight.
- He went to climb yon hill.
* Milton
- Read thy lot in yon celestial sign.
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Adverb
(-)
(dated|or|dialect) Yonder.
Pronoun
( en-pron)
(dated|or|dialect) That one or those over there.
Etymology 2
Phrase
( en-phrase)
(knitting)
* 2006 , Heather Dixon, Not Your Mama's Knitting (page 222)
- Buttonhole row: (K1, p1) 3 times, yon', k2tog, (k1,p1) 5 times, ' yon , k2tog,
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