Ho (?), pron. Who. [Obs.] In some Chaucer MSS.
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Ho, Hoa (?), n. [See Ho, interj., 2.] A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
There is no ho with them.
Decker.
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Ho, Hoa (?), interj. [Cf. F. & G. ho.] 1. Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. "What noise there, ho?"
Shak.
"Ho! who's within?"
Shak.
2. [Perhaps corrupted fr. hold; but cf. F. hau stop! and E. whoa.] Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything. [Written also whoa, and, formerly, hoo.]
The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried "Hoo!"
Chaucer.
An herald on a scaffold made an hoo.
Chaucer.
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