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   Ho (?), pron. Who. [Obs.] In some Chaucer MSS.
   
   
         
       

2.       
    Ho, Hoa  (?), n. [See Ho, interj., 2.] A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
   
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   There is no ho with them. Decker.
   
   
         
       

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   Ho (?), prop. n. (Chem.) The chemical symbol for Holmium.
   
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    Ho, Hoa  (hō), 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.
   
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   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.]
   
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   The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried “Hoo!” Chaucer.
   
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   An herald on a scaffold made an hoo. Chaucer.
   
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