Etymology: perhaps for ochane: compare Gaelic ochain and ochòin oh! alas!
Scottish. Obsolete.
An exclamation of sorrow: alas!
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1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneidix. viii. 63Ichane [1553 ythane], allace! intill ane vncouth land..thy fayr body..Sall ly as pray! [L. Heu, terra ignota..iaces.]
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