HO
exclam. A word used by teamsters, to stop their teams. It has been used as a noun, for stop, moderation, bounds.
There is no ho with them. The word is pronounced also who, or hwo.
HO
HOA, exclam. [L. eho.] A call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach.
What noise there, ho?
Hoa, who's within?