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▪ I. wo, int.|wəʊ|
[Variant of who int.]
1. In wo ho, wo ha, wo ho ho, wo ha ho: a falconer's call to a hawk; also allusively.
1588Marprel. Epistle (Arb.) 33 Wohohow, brother London, do you remember Thomas Allen? 1596Shakes. Merch. V. v. i. 39 Clo. Sola, sola: wo ha ho, sola, sola. 1599T. Cutwode Caltha Poet. (Roxb.) cxxxvi, Come bird com..come to me, With so ho ho, and wo ho ho cries she. 1606Chapman Gentl. Usher v. i, Ile rush vpon them With a most hideous cry, the Duke, the Duke, the Duke, Ha, ha, ha, wo ho, come againe, I say. 1829Scott Anne of G. xvii, A woodcock sprung from some bushes, and the young lady threw off her merlin in pursuit. ‘Sa ho—sa ho—wo ha!’ hollowed the falconer.
2. A call to a horse to stop (cf. who int., whoa, woa, and way int.). Also used in conjunction with other interjections, as wo-back, wo-ho, hait-wo.
Also dial. in various combinations with special applications; cf. quot. 1894.
1787‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsem. (1809) 24 That he is docile, and will stop short with a ‘Wohey’. a1800Pegge Anecd. (1814) 11 When our waggoners and carmen make use of the terms ge and wo to their horses. 1801G. Colman Poor Gentl. i. i. 1 Farmer Harrowby, without. Wo, ho! gently wi 'em! so there! 1823E. Moor Suffolk Words, Wooh or Woo-e, an imperative to stop cart horses. a1825Hait-wo [see hait int.]. 1834Whately in Life & Corr. (1866) I. 247 It is stopping the Horse by a woo-ee instead of a sharp pull of the curb. 1837Dickens Pickw. v, ‘Wo-o!’ cried Mr. Pickwick, as the tall quadruped evinced a decided inclination to back into the coffee-room window. 1838― Nich. Nick. vi, ‘Wo ho!’ cried the guard,..running to the leaders' heads. 1840Thackeray Barber Cox Mar., I pulled very hard, and cried out, Wo! but he wouldn't: and on I went galloping for the dear life. 1871[see gee int.1]. 1879Jefferies Wild Life in S. Co. 142 The carter's lads shouting ‘Woaght!’ to the horses as they steer through the gateway. 1894Northumbld. Gloss., Wo, Wo-hay, a cartman's order to his horse to stop or stand still. Wo-hi and Wo-hick, turn to left or near side. Wo-hup or Wo-gee, turn to right or off side.
Hence wo v. intr., to call ‘wo’ to a horse; also in vbl. n. (also wohohing).
1883Good Words 10 The wo-wo-ing of the ploughboy. 1885Rider Haggard Witch's Head xxxiii, Presently from the stables there arose a sound of kicking, plunging, and wohohing impossible to describe. 1889T. E. Brown Manx Witch 3 ‘You're very late on the road,’ he says—and waein and woin.
▪ II. wo
obs. form of how.
1476Stonor Papers (Camden) II. 5, I cannat tell wo sone.
▪ III. wo
obs. or arch. form of woe. |