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Wouch, W(o)ugh, Weuch, Wewche, n. [ME and e.m.E. wohe (c1175), woȝe (Layamon), wogh (c1200), wough (Manning), OE wóh.] Wrong, injury, harm. — a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 700.
The wyis wroght vthir grete wandreth and weuch [: teuch, tewch] a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 1067.
He wes wondir wa to wirk hym mare wugh a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 1199.
Wough a1500 Henr. Robene & M. 125.
Robene mvrnit and Malkyne lewche; Scho … left him bayth wo and wewche [Bann. wrewche; rh. huche], In dolour and in cair 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. i 95b.
In all clames … lawfullie and formallie made in actions of injurie or transgressions, seven tearmes sould be observed [etc.] … the words of the court in this maner in the end of the narration vnjustlie, and against the law, with wouch, wrang, and vnlaw