ouch 1
/owch/ , interj.
(used as an exclamation expressing sudden pain or dismay.)
[ 1830-40, Amer.; autsch ]
ouch 2
/owch/ , Archaic.
n.
1. a clasp, buckle, or brooch, esp. one worn for ornament.
2. the setting of a precious stone.
v.t.
3. to adorn with or as if with ouches.
[ 1325-75; ME ouche (n.), for nouche (the phrase a nouche taken as an ouche; cf. APRON) nosche ]