whiling, ppl. a.
(ˈhwaɪlɪŋ)
[f. while v. + -ing2.]
Of time: Passing tediously, tedious: see while v. 3 b.
| 1712 Steele Spect. No. 448 ¶1 The whiling Time, the gathering together, and waiting a little before Dinner, is the most awkwardly passed away of any Part in the four and twenty hours. Ibid. 522 ¶1 To pass away the whiling Moments and Intervals of Life. |