wo

A falconer's call to a hawk.

A call to cause a horse to slow down or stop; whoa.

Obsolete spelling of woe.alt-ofcountableobsolete

• Such feeble arms, to work internal wo!
• They dance around them by night, and wo to the belated peasant who, passing by, is forced to join in their roundel; he usually dies of exhaustion.

A wall.DerbyshireNorthern-Englanddialectal

• Hoo's pluck of a lion an' faces her foe Wi' calm in her e'en an' her beck agen t' wo; Hoo's firm i' decision, stonds up for her reets

To wall (to build a wall, or build a wall around).Northern-Englanddialectalobsolete

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• It's a varra lang while—a caant tell ya hoo lang—sen it wes bilt, lang afooar Borradal fooak woet kucku in, er t' first cooach ran throo Dent, […]