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

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

\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.