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1. all hail, int. and n. View full entry a1425
...‘(I wish you) all health!’. Used as a salutation expressing an affectionate or respectful greeting or welcome to a person. Also used (freq. with to) with a thing as complement,...
2. all right, adv., adj., int., and n. View full entry a1413
...Used as an intensifier at the end of a sentence or clause: certainly, indeed....
3. hait | heit, int. View full entry c1386
...A word of encouragement or command given to horses to urge them forward; in some dialects, to turn them to one side or the other....
4. ho, int.2 and n.3 View full entry c1374
...A call to stop or to cease what one is doing. to say or cry ho: to stay, cease, check oneself. Obs. (It is often impossible to separate...
5. † hust, int. View full entry c1386
...A sharp whispered sound enjoining silence: = hist! st! hush!...
6. Nowell, int. and n. View full entry c1395
...A word shouted or sung: expressing joy, originally to commemorate the birth of Christ. Now only as retained in Christmas carols (cf. noel)....
7. out, int. View full entry c1390
...An exclamation expressing grief, abhorrence, or indignant reproach: alas!, woe is me!; get out!, curses upon you!. Freq. coupled with alas or harrow. See also out5...
8. oyez, n., int., and v. View full entry c1440
...A call for silence and attention; a call or cry of ‘oyez!’ Obs....
9. peace, int. View full entry c1390
...‘Be quiet!’, ‘silence!’, ‘hush!’ Now somewhat arch....
10. tee-hee, int. and n. View full entry c1386
...A representation of the sound of a light laugh, usually derisive. In quots. usually in female use. Cf. he...
11. † warderere, int. View full entry c1405
...? Look out behind!...
12. what ho, int. and adj. View full entry c1405
...Cf. what3. Now arch. or affected....
