中文英文字典辭典Word104.com

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)

Ho \Ho\, pron.
Who. [Obs.]

Note: In some Chaucer MSS. Ho


Ho \Ho\, Hoa \Hoa\, n. [See {Ho}, interj., 2.]
A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
[1913 Webster]

There is no ho with them. --Decker.


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


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.
[1913 Webster]

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}.]
[1913 Webster]

The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried "Hoo!"
--Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]

An herald on a scaffold made an hoo. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]


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.
[1913 Webster]