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[ouch]Archaic.
noun
  1. a clasp, buckle, or brooch, especially one worn for ornament.
  2. the setting of a precious stone.
verb (used with object)
  1. to adorn with or as if with ouches.

Origin of ouch

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1325–75; Middle English ouche (noun), for nouche (the phrase a nouche taken as an ouche; cf. apron) < Old French nosche ≪ Germanic
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Related Words for ouches

cry, displeasure, darn, oops

Examples from the Web for ouches

Historical Examples of ouches

  • “And what riches he hath goeth in velvet and ouches,” (jewellery) said the Archbishop, with his cold, sarcastic smile.

  • Think of the snuffers and spoons and ouches, and bolts and rings and staves, all of pure gold.

  • They stopped a little distance away and began their booming about friendship and ouches.

    A Martian Odyssey

    Stanley Grauman Weinbaum

  • Whenever the cold water struck a sore spot there were gasps and ouches.

British Dictionary definitions for ouches

ouch

1
interjection
  1. an exclamation of sharp sudden pain

ouch

2
noun archaic
  1. a brooch or clasp set with gems
  2. the setting of a gem

Word Origin for ouch

C15 an ouch, mistaken division of C14 a nouche, from Old French nouche, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German nusca buckle
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Word Origin and History for ouches

ouch

1837, from Pennsylvania German outch, cry of pain, from German autsch. The Japanese word is itai. Latin used au, hau.

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