WHILE
While, prep.
Defn: Until; till. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] I may be conveyed into your chamber; I'll lie under your bed while midnight. Beau. & Fl.
WHILERE
Whil`ere", adv. Etym: [While + ere]
Defn: A little while ago; recently; just now; erewhile. [Obs.]
Helpeth me now as I did you whilere. Chaucer.
He who, with all heaven's heraldry, whilere Entered the world.
Milton.
WHILES
Whiles, adv. Etym: [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.
WHILES
Whiles, conj.
Defn: During the time that; while. [Archaic] Chaucer. Fuller. Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him. Matt. v. 25.
WHILK
Whilk, n. Etym: [See Whelk a mollusk.]