the whilst

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the whilst - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Whilst \Whilst\, adv. [From Whiles; cf. Amongst.]
     While. [Archaic]
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           Whilst the emperor lay at Antioch.       --Gibbon.
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     The whilst, in the meantime; while. [Archaic.] --Shak.
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