hoa

CIDE DICTIONARY

hoa, n. [See Ho, interj., 2.].

A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace. [1913 Webster]

"There is no ho with them."

hoa, interj. [Cf. F. & G. ho.].

Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. Shak. [1913 Webster]
Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything. [1913 Webster]
"The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried “Hoo!”" [1913 Webster]

"An herald on a scaffold made an hoo." [1913 Webster]