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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Whoa \Whoa\, interj. Stop; stand; hold. See {Ho}, 2.
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.
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