ho /ˈho/
Ho pron. Who. [Obs.]
Note: In some Chaucer MSS.
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Ho, Hoa n. A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
There is no ho with them. --Decker.
Ho, Hoa interj.
1. Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. “What noise there, ho?” “Ho! who's within?” --Shak.
2. 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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Ho
n : a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs
together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
[syn: holmium, atomic number 67]