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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |