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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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‡ENTERTEEN, v. Also †interteen, †entertene. Sc. forms of Eng. entertain. [ɛntər′tin]Abd. 1715 in Analecta Scot. (ed. Maidment 1837) II. 232–3:
Patrick Gray, conviner, with all his diacons and boxmasters, entertened Earl Marchall with severall of his company in their Treads hall.Sc. 1826 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) I. 124:
You was sae enterteenin, Mr North.Abd. 1875 W. Alexander My ain Folk 139:
I did not think it richt that he sud be latt'n sit doon amon's as a neebour onbeen enterteen't or ta'en some notice o'.Kcb. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xxiv.:
I'll tell ye the story some ither day, when we hae less enterteenin' things aboot us.

Hence enterteenment, interteenment, entertainment (Sc. 1818 S. E. Ferrier Marriage II. x.).Ayr. 1822 Galt Provost xliii.:
No man . . . is more disposed for a judicious example of continence in the way of public enterteenment than I have ever been.