While

·prep Until; till.

II. While ·vi To Loiter.

III. While ·noun That which requires time; labor; pains.

IV. While ·conj Hence, under which circumstances; in which case; though; whereas.

V. While ·conj During the time that; as long as; whilst; at the same time that; as, while I write, you sleep.

VI. While ·noun Space of time, or continued duration, ·esp. when short; a time; as, one while we thought him innocent.

VII. While ·vt To cause to pass away pleasantly or without irksomeness or disgust; to spend or pass;

— usually followed by away.

while
for till. 'Stay while I come,' instead of stay till I come. Used in the Southern States.--Sherwood's...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
while
until : stay while I return, &c. North. How have you done the while? i. e. since I saw you. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Wait-a-while
·add. ·noun = Wait-a-bit. II. Wait-a-while ·add. ·noun One of the Australian wattle trees (Acacia c...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
stay-a-while
n. a tangled bush; sometimescalled Wait-a-while (q.v.). ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
wait-a-while
n. also called Stay-a-while: a thicket tree. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 306: ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
once in a while
Occasionally; sometimes. Scarcely a day passes in which from two to half a dozen of our paragraphs ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
every once in a while
A singular though very common expression, signifying the same as every now and then. ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.