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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Sex, n.2 [Obscure: for the second element cf. Grup n. and Grupping vbl. n. Cf. also the later Shetland dial. as grüpet-an-sekket.] A tongue or projection running along one side of a plank which fits into the groove running along the side of an adjacent plank. In phr. sex and greeped, tongued and grooved. —1698 Aberd. Trades 245.
Daills dighted upon the ane syde and sex and greeped for less price than three shillings four pennies for ilk dail, and ilk clift at three shillings four pennies sex and greeped
