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proper noun

Ho n. (Chem.) The chemical symbol for Holmium.

interjection

Hoa, Ho interj.

Halloo! attend! a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. "What noise there, ho?" "Ho! who's within?"

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!"" "An herald on a scaffold made an hoo."

noun

Hoa, Ho n. A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace. "There is no ho with them."

pronoun

Ho pron. Who. (Obs.) Note: In some Chaucer MSS.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ho" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Oh, ho!" said Father Leonard, laughing and tapping his capacious stomach, "I see, I understand, I am with you, and," he added with a wink, "you will not be the only one to pay your court, young man. There are three already in the house dancing ...

— The Devil's Pool • George Sand

... "Oh! ho!" cried an ill-natured voice of triumph from one of the spectators. Ormond and the Annalys turned, and saw behind ...

— Tales & Novels, Vol. IX - [Contents: Harrington; Thoughts on Bores; Ormond] • Maria Edgeworth

... as he proceeded, left even his reduced retinue at the entrance of the hermitage. And entering quite alone he saw not the Rishi (Kanwa) of rigid vows. And not seeing the Rishi and finding that the abode was empty, he called loudly, saying, 'What ho, who is here?' And the sound of his voice was echoed back. And hearing the sound of his voice, there came out of the Rishi's abode a maiden beautiful as Sri herself but dressed as an ascetic's daughter. And ...

— The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - Translated into English Prose - Adi Parva (First Parva, or First Book) • Kisari Mohan Ganguli (Translator)

... air but that which had been subjected to a red heat, and in twenty-four hours he had the satisfaction of finding all the indications of what had been hitherto called spontaneous generation. He had succeeded in catching the germs and developing organisms in the way ho had anticipated. ...

— Darwiniana • Thomas Henry Huxley

... John Highlandman! Sing ho my braw John Highlandman! There's not a lad in a' the lan' Was match ...

— Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns • Robert Burns

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