obs. Sc. and north. ff. OUCH sb.
c. 1375. [see OUCH sb. 1 β].
1464. Registr. Aberdon. (Maitland), II. 163. Betuix þe tua vchis ij. litil garnatis; beneth þe secunde vche .ij. litil garnatis.
1488. Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot., I. 81. In a litill paper within the said box, ane vche with a diamant.
1549. Registr. Aberdon. (Maitland), II. 196. In þe heid of þe samyn [monstrance] ane propir vch of gold.
1552. N. Country Wills (Surtees, 1908), 221. My best jewell which is an uche of golde after the fac[i]on of a bucle.