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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Ho

Hō, n.

noun

n. [See Ho, interj., No. 2.] Stop; bound; limit; moderation. [Obs. or colloq.]

There is no ho with them. Decker.

Hō or Hōā, interj.

interjection

[Ger. & Fr. ho. Cf. Lat. eho, ohe, oho.]

  1. Halloo! oho! oh! attend!—a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. “What noise there, ho?” Shak. “Hoa! who’s within?” Shak.
  2. [Perhaps corrupted from hold. Cf., however, Fr. hau, hou, stop!] Stop! stand still! hold!—a word used by teamsters in stopping their teams.