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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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(Entiser,) Entyser, -are, n. [ME. enticer (Chaucer).] One who entices. —a1400 Leg. S. xxxii. 372.
Quhare-throw scho cane persawe wele That the entysare wes the dewil 1600 Colville Palinode To Reader 2.
Persons … who hath … bene contriuers, entysers, prouokers, … or assisters to any such mischeuous enterprises
