This mighty queen may no while endure. Chaucer.

[Some guest that] hath outside his welcome while,
And tells the jest without the smile. Coleridge.

I will go forth and breathe the air a while. Longfellow.

Satan . . . cast him how he might quite her while. Chaucer.

At whiles, at times; at intervals.

And so on us at whiles it falls, to claim
Powers that we dread. J. H. Newman.

-- The while, The whiles, in or during the time that; meantime; while. Tennyson. -- Within a while, in a short time; soon. -- Worth while, worth the time which it requires; worth the time and pains; hence, worth the expense; as, it is not always worth while for a man to prosecute for small debts.

The lovely lady whiled the hours away. Longfellow.

Use your memory; you will sensibly experience a gradual improvement, while you take care not to overload it. I. Watts.

While as, While that, during or at the time that. [Obs.]

I may be conveyed into your chamber]
I'll lie under your bed while midnight. Beau. *** Fl.