Chaucer.
An herald on a scaffold made an hoo.
Chaucer.
Hoar (?), a. [OE. hor, har, AS. hr; akin to Icel. hrr, and to OHG. hr
illustrious, magnificent; cf. Icel. Hei brightness of the sky, Goth.
hais torch, Skr. ktus light, torch. Cf. Hoary.] 1. White, or grayish
white; as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs. "Hoar waters." Spenser.