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• Cheer

  ·noun Gayety; mirth; cheerfulness; animation. II. Cheer ·vi To be in any state or temper of mind. ...

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• What

  ·noun Something; thing; stuff. II. What (·pron, ·adj, ·adv) As a relative pronoun. III. What (inte...

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• what

  for that or who. A vulgarism often heard amongst us, but probably still more common in England. ...

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• ho

  ho! ! interj., an expression of astonishment, oh! ho! tune is eras? Ter. Phorm. 945 dub. (al. oh...

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• Ho

  ·pron <<Who>>. II. Ho ·interj ·Alt. of <<Hoa>>. III. Ho ·interj ·Alt. of <<Hoa>>. ...

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• ho

  A word used by teamsters to stop their teams. It has been used as a noun, for stop; moderation; boun...

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• ho!

  or hay! An exclamation derived from our Danish ancestors, and literally meaning stop! See o! ...

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• cheer, to

  To salute a ship en passant, by the people all coming on deck and huzzahing three times; it also imp...

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• what's what

  'To know what's what,' is to know the nature of things, or as we classically express it, 'to be up t...

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• what not

  In New York a piece of furniture usually placed in a parlor, consisting of several shelves, upon whi...

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• Heigh-ho

  ·interj An exclamation of surprise, joy, dejection, uneasiness, weariness, ·etc. ...

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• land ho!

  The cry when land is first seen. ...

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• launch-ho!

  The order to let go the top-rope after the top-mast has been swayed up and fidded. It is literally "...

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• sail ho!

  The exclamation used when a strange ship is first discerned at sea either from the deck or from the ...

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• surge ho!

  The notice given when a rope or cable is to be surged. ...

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• what ship is that?

  A question often put when a jaw-breaking word has been intrusively uttered by savants. ...

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• what water have you?

  The question to the man sounding, as to the depth of water which the lead-line gives. ...

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