hilloa

intj

1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of hello.

   “"Hilloa, brother," quoth [Friar] Tuck, "let me aid thee." So saying, he took the key from the other's hand and quickly opened the door with a turn of it.”

   “As for Dick, he looked at her admiringly a while, and then said at last: "Well, Clara, I do wish we were there! But, hilloa! we are getting back way."”

   “'Ah,' muttered Todd to himself, 'I like boys of a religious turn. They are much easier managed, for the imagination in such cases has been cultivated at the expense of the understanding. Hilloa, who have we here?'”

verb

1. (obsolete)To holler, shout loudly

   “I heard old Jenkins, scarcely recovered from the effects of his potations, hilloaing at the top of his voice for Julia”