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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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"Ho" Quotes from Famous Books

... making this riot, Is what she could cry at, Since all her concern's for our welfare and quiet. I would ask any man Of them all that maintain Their passive obedience With such mighty vehemence, That damn'd doctrine, I trow! What he means by it, ho', To trump it up now? Or to tell me in short, What need there is for't? Ye may say, I am hot; I say I am not; Only warm, as the subject on which I am got. There are those alive yet, If they do not forget, May remember what mischiefs it did church ...

— Poems (Volume II.) • Jonathan Swift

... back, all that in the long winter-evenings I had read in the old book was proclaimed aloud in the luxuriance of the forest. I caught the clear sound of it there. In the forest where the birds congregate, I learned likewise to sing!"—"Ho, ho, from finches and tomtits you acquired the art of master-singing?" Beckmesser jeers; "Your song no doubt smacks of its teachers!"—"What do you think, masters," inquires Kothner, upon this hopeless revelation, "shall I proceed with the questions? ...

— The Wagnerian Romances • Gertrude Hall

... our aim in education is to develop individuality and for a country with a democratic form of government this type of education should be encouraged. Disobedience or disrespect ho parents has no longer a legal penalty, although the children may be compelled by law to support their parents. But gratitude toward parents and a normal affectionate family life are practically essential ...

— The Making of a Nation - The Beginnings of Israel's History • Charles Foster Kent and Jeremiah Whipple Jenks

... regales himself after chow-chow. He is, withal, possessed of more than average intelligence; it is from questioning him that I learn the rather startling fact that, instead of having reached Lin-kiang, I have not yet even come to Ki-ngan-foo. Ta-ho is the name of the city we have just left, and Ki-ngan-foo is whither we are ...

— Around the World on a Bicycle Volume II. - From Teheran To Yokohama • Thomas Stevens

... sorry therefor," returned the King. "Never saw I braver deed, ne better done. Well! if he leave son or widow, they may receive our grace in his guerdon. Who is he? Ho, archer! thou bearest our cousin of York his livery, and so doth this squire. Win hither— unlace his helm, and give us to wit if thou ...

— The White Rose of Langley - A Story of the Olden Time • Emily Sarah Holt

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