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whiles

 (wīlz, hwīlz)
conj. Archaic
While.

[Middle English : while, while; see while + -es, genitive sing. suff.; see -s3.]
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whiles

(waɪlz; Scottish hwəɪlz)
adv
at times; occasionally
conj
while; whilst
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whiles

(ʰwaɪlz, waɪlz)

conj.
Archaic. while.
[1175–1225]
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