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▪ I. soho, int. and n.1|səʊˈhəʊ|
Forms: α. 4 sohou, 5 sohowe, 5, 7 sohow; 5 so how(e, hoowe, 6 sa how, so-, soa hough. β. 4, 7– so ho (5 hoo), 6–7 sohoe, 7– so-ho, soho.
[An AF. hunting call, prob. of purely exclamatory origin.
In the Master of Game xxxiv. the simple howe also occurs, as well as he howe, here howe, and howe here. The early examples do not support the suggestion in quot. 14.. that the proper form would be sa how.]
1. A call used by huntsmen to direct the attention of the dogs or of other hunters to a hare which has been discovered or started, or to encourage them in the chase; hence used as a call to draw the attention of any person, announce a discovery, or the like.
α1307in Bain Calendar (1884) II. 539 [On a seal, a hare in her form, with motto] Sohou, Sohou. c1410Master of Game xxxiv. (MS. Digby 182), And þenne he shall say thryes, so howe, and no more. 14..Venery de Twety in Reliq. Antiq. I. 154 Sohow is moche to say as sahow, for because that it is short to say, we say al wey sohow. c1485E. Eng. Misc. (Warton Cl.) 44 The furst mane that me doth fynde, Anon he cryit,—So howe! So hoowe! Lo! he sayth, where syttyt an haare! 1576Turberv. Venerie 177 Sa how sayeth one, as soone as he me spies. 1591Shakes. Two Gent. iii. i. 189 Lau. So-hough, Soa hough. Pro. What seest thou? Lau. Him we goe to finde.
β13..K. Alis. 3712 (Laud MS.), So ho! so ho! We ben awroke of dogges two! c1475Hunt. Hare 133 (W.), The yomon rode and cryed: ‘So hoo!’ And putte the hare vp with his boo. 1486Bk. St. Albans e v b, And then So ho so ho, thries and no mo. 1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. ii. iv. 136 Mer. A baud. So ho. Rom. What hast thou found? Mer. No Hare sir. 1629Massinger Picture v. i, Hilario (holds up a piece of bread). So ho! birds! 1684Bunyan Pilgr. ii. (1900) 279 Mr. Great-heart called after him, saying, Soho, Friend, let us have your Company. 1740–2Richardson Pamela III. 312 He ran to the Window, and..said Hollo—So-ho—Groom—.. Get me my Horse! 1811Sporting Mag. XXXIX. 142 The hills shall re-echo—Soho! 1822Shelley Calderon's Mag. Prodig. i. 48 Soho! Livia, I come; good sport, Livia, soho! 1859Dickens T. Two Cities i. ii, ‘So-ho,’ the guard sang out, as loud as he could roar.
b. As n.
a1572Dk. Norfolk's Laws Coursing in Markham Country Contentm. i. vii. (1664) 43 The hare-finder should give the hare three so-hows before he put her from her Lear. [Hence in Holme and later works.] c1589Whip for an Ape in Lyly's Wks. (1902) III. 418 Such sohoes, whoopes and hallowes. 1611Cotgr., Reclame, a Sohoe, or Heylaw; a lowd calling, whooting, or whooping to make a Hawke stoope vnto the Lure. 1834Thacker Courser's Comp. I. 167 The person who finds the hare sitting should give a clear so-ho.
2. = soh int. 1.
1825Scott Talism. ix, So ho! a goodly fellowship come to see Richard take his leap in the dark. 1885Bompas Frank Buckland's Life 330 ‘So ho,’ I said, ‘my theories are right’.
3. = soh int. 2. (See also quot. 1833.)
1832Lytton Eugene A. iii. iii, Soho, Jacobina, soho, gently, girl, gently. 1833in Youatt Dog iii. (1845) 96 When the old dog makes a point, the master calls out, ‘Down!’ or ‘Soho!’ and holds up his hand.
▪ II. soˈho, v.
Also so-ho.
[f. soho int.]
1. intr. To shout or cry ‘soho!’ Hence soˈhoing vbl. n.
1599Porter Angry Wom. Abingt. iv. iii, Here's so-ho-ing with a plague! 1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 186 Even May, the most sagacious of greyhounds,..would as soon listen to Tom sohoing as to old Tray giving tongue.
2. trans. To announce the discovery or starting of (a hare) by this shout.
1834Thacker Courser's Comp. I. 150 When a hare is found sitting, she ought to be so-ho'd. 1887Field 5 Feb. 160/3 A third hare was sohoed near the river-side. |