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Ho \Ho\, pron. Who. [Obs.] Note: In some Chaucer MSS. | |
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Ho \Ho\, Hoa \Hoa\, n. [See {Ho}, interj., 2.] A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace. There is no ho with them. --Decker. | |
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Ho \Ho\, Hoa \Hoa\ (h[omac]), interj. [Cf. F. & G. ho.] 1. Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. [bd]What noise there, ho?[b8] --Shak. [bd]Ho! who's within?[b8] --Shak. 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}.] The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried [bd]Hoo![b8] --Chaucer. An herald on a scaffold made an hoo. --Chaucer. | |
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Hydroxyl \Hy*drox"yl\, n. [Hydro-, 2 + oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.) A compound radical, or unsaturated group, {HO}, consisting of one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen. It is a characteristic part of the hydrates, the alcohols, the oxygen acids, etc. | |
