WHILES

adv. conj.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
adv.

Meanwhile; meantime. [R.] The good knight whiles humming to himself the lay of some majored troubadour. Sir. W. Scott.

2.
adv.

sometimes; at times. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott. The whiles. See under While, n.

3.
conj.

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

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