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hō
interj.
30 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Stop, hold;
nou ho, ho ther
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crien (seien) ho
, to cease; put a stop to an action.
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stō
interj.
8 quotations in 1 sense
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Hunt.
A cry, or an element in a cry, used to direct the hounds; (b)
hawk.
a call to a hawk to make it come to the falconer's fist; (c) an exclamation: ho!
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