Word Study
hoa
CIDE DICTIONARY
A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace. [1913 Webster]
"There is no ho with them."
hoa, interj. [Cf. F. & G. ho.].
- Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything. [1913 Webster]"The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried “Hoo!”" [1913 Webster]"An herald on a scaffold made an hoo." [1913 Webster]
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