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)

• nighted
• nightfall
• nightfalls
• nightfaring
• night fighter
• night fighters
• nightfire
• nightfires
• night-fisheries
• night-fishery
• night-flies
• night-flower
• night-flowering
• night-flowers
• night-fly
• night-flying
• night-foe
• night-foes
• night-fossicker
• night-fossickers
• night-foundered
• night-fowl
• nightgear
• nightgears
• night-glass