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Definition: Hoa
Ho
\Ho\, Hoa
\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.
Ho
\Ho\, Hoa
\Hoa\ (h[=o]), 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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