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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


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

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


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

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.
        [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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.
  
     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.]
  
              The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried
              ``Hoo!''                              --Chaucer.
  
              An herald on a scaffold made an hoo.  --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

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]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ho
     Ιταλικά n.
     χο το λέμε όταν γελάμε - χο χο χο