Obs. exc. dial. [aphet. f. HALLOO v. Cf. LOO int.] trans. To incite by shouting ‘halloo’; to urge on by shouts; = HALLOO v. 1 b. Const. at, upon, or inf.
1666–7. Denham, Direct. Paint., ii. 15. And therefore next uncouple either Hound, And loo them at two Hares ere one be found.
1681. T. Flatman, Heraclitus Ridens, No. 40 (1713), II. 8. The Rabble ’lood to worry it [sc. the Government] as tyrannical and unjust.
1682. Shadwell, Medal of John Bayes, Ep. A i j. Young fellows, (who clap him on the back,… and loo him on upon the Whiggs, as they call ’em).
1689. State Eur., in Harl. Misc., I. 195. England and Holland are desperately bruised through mutual buffetings, to which France cunningly looed them on.
1711. Vind. Sacheverell, 9. Ben was pitch’d upon … to hollow the Hounds together, to looe them full cry at Monarchy.
