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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†SEX, n. Also sekk. A tongue or projection running along the side of a plank, esp. of flooring, made to fit into a groove cut in the side of its neighbour. Only in phr. sex-and-greeped, grüpet-an-sekket, tongued and grooved, of planks (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl.). See Gruip, II.Abd. 1698 E. Bain Merchant Guilds (1887) 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.

[The same word as Check, v. (Suppl.), Sack, v.2, q.v. The form is difficult to explain but may arise from one of the many variants of check or its cognate chess, the game, O.Fr. eschec(s), eschax.]

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