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whiles |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whiles \Whiles\, adv [See {While}, n., and {-wards}.] 1. Meanwhile; meantime. [R.] The good knight whiles humming to himself the lay of some majored troubadour. --Sir. W. Scott. 2. sometimes at times. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. {The whiles}. See under {While}, n. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whiles \Whiles\, conj. During the time that while [Archaic] --Chaucer. Fuller. Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him --Matt. v. 25.
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