Ho, Hoa, n. Etym: [See Ho, interj., 2.]
Definition: A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace. There is no ho with them. Decker.
Ho, Hoa, interj. Etym: [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.
2. Etym: [Perhaps corrupted fr. hold; but cf. F. hau stop! and E. whoa.]
Definition: 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!" Chaucer. An herald on a scaffold made an hoo. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 November 2024
(noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
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