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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hydroxyl \Hy*drox"yl\, noun [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ho \Ho\, pronoun Who. [Obs.]
Note: In some Chaucer MSS.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ho \Ho\, Hoa \Hoa\, noun [See {Ho}, interj., 2.] A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
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.
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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Ho
noun: a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds [syn: {holmium}, {atomic number 67}]
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