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Entry 5 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Ho

/hō/ · IPA /hoʊ/
01 pron. Who.
  1. 1.
    Who.[Obs.]
02 n. A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
  1. 1.
    A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
    “There is no ho with them.” — Decker.
03 prop. n. The chemical symbol for Holmium.
  1. 1.
    The chemical symbol for Holmium.(Chem.)
04 interj. Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach.
  1. 1.
    Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach.
  2. 2.
    Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything.
    “The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried “Hoo!”” — Chaucer.
    “An herald on a scaffold made an hoo.” — Chaucer.