Definition of Ho

Pronunciation:
pron.1.Who.
n.1.A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
There is no ho with them.
- Decker.
prop. n.1.(Chem.) The chemical symbol for Holmium.
interj.1.Halloo! attend! - a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach.
2.Stop! stand still! hold! - a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything.
The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried "Hoo!"
- Chaucer.
An herald on a scaffold made an hoo.
- Chaucer.


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atomic number 67, gadolinite, holmium, metal, metallic element, ytterbite


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