while /(h)wīl/

1. A space of time
2. Time and trouble spent

1. (also whilst /wīlst or hwīlst/) during the time that
2. At the same time that
3. As long as
4. Whereas
5. Although
6. Notwithstanding the admitted fact that
7. Until (Scot and N Eng dialect)

Until

To pass (time) in a leisurely or undemanding way (with away)

whiles conjunction (Bible)

1. While, at the same time that
2. Until (Shakespeare)

At times (orig genitive of OE hwīl)

while-ere or whilere /wī-lārˈ or hwī-lārˈ/ adverb (archaic)

A little while ago, formerly

whilevˈer conjunction (chiefly Aust)

For as long as

all the while

During all the time (that)

in between whiles

During the intervals

make it worth someone's while (informal)

To pay someone well for his or her trouble

• shikse
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• shill
• shillaber
• shillabers
• shillalah
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• shilled
• shillelagh
• shillelaghs
• shilling
• shilling dreadful
• shillingless
• shilling mark
• shilling marks
• shillings
• shilling shocker
• shilling shockers
• shillingsworth
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• shills
• shilly-shallied
• shilly-shallier
• shilly-shallies
• shilly-shally