Whiles

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whiles \Whiles\, conj.
     During the time that; while. [Archaic] --Chaucer. Fuller.
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           Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in
           the way with him.                        --Matt. v. 25.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whiles \Whiles\, adv. [See {While}, n., and {-wards}.]
     1. Meanwhile; meantime. [R.]
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              The good knight whiles humming to himself the lay of
              some majored troubadour.              --Sir. W.
                                                    Scott.
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     2. sometimes; at times. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
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     {The whiles}. See under {While}, n.
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