Ho

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ho \Ho\, pron.
     Who. [Obs.]
  
     Note: In some Chaucer MSS. Ho

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Ho \Ho\, Hoa \Hoa\, n. [See {Ho}, interj., 2.]
     A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
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           There is no ho with them.                --Decker.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ho \Ho\, prop. n. (Chem.)
     The chemical symbol for Holmium.
     [PJC] Ho

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ho \Ho\, Hoa \Hoa\ (h[=o]), interj. [Cf. F. & G. ho.]
     1. Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give
        notice of approach. "What noise there, ho?" --Shak. "Ho!
        who's within?" --Shak.
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     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}.]
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              The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried "Hoo!"
                                                    --Chaucer.
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              An herald on a scaffold made an hoo.  --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Ho
       n : a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs
           together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
           [syn: {holmium}, {atomic number 67}]