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   yonder
         adv 1: 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}]
         adj 1: distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal); "yonder
                  valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?" [syn:
                  {yonder}, {yon}]

English Dictionary: yonder by the DICT Development Group
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yonder \Yon"der\, adv. [OE. yonder, [f4]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. [bd]Yon flowery arbors,
      yonder alleys green.[b8] --Milton. [bd]Yonder sea of
      light.[b8] --Keble.
  
               Yonder men are too many for an embassage. --Bacon.
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