The Collaborative International Dictionary
While \While\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Whiling.] To cause to pass away pleasantly or without irksomeness or disgust; to spend or pass; -- usually followed by away.
The lovely lady whiled the hours away.
--Longfellow.
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vb. (present participle of while English)
Usage examples of "whiling".
The two old farts, Hans and Dex, had another booth, whiling away a rainy evening with beer and checkers.
It was nearly deserted now, but for the chief surgeon and a couple of corpsmen whiling away their duty hours doing inventory, and a lone soldier with a broken arm kicking his heels and kibitzing.
In the dim light I spied a pile of fat volumes arranged on the table – books that I supposed Alethea must have brought with her in the hope of whiling away the hours on the coach.
The crack he had made about good oF boys whiling away a dull Sunday afternoon had been right on the money, Clete thought.