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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Intertainement, -tay(i)nement, n. [e.m.E. -tainement (1603), var. of entertainement (1568).] Entertainment. — 1625 Edinb. B. Rec. VI. 282.
By intertaynement of ane gaird of sum hyred persounes … to attend and await apone the same 1626 Ib. VII. 5.
Quhilk moneyis the said umquhill George [sc. Heriot] … dotted to the said hospitall for intertainement of orphanes 1628 Conv. Burghs III. 267.
The … intertayinement of the said poore in thair hospitallis
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