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 Wilde.Wilfrid (St.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Wile away Time (not While).
 
It is the same word as “guile,” to “beguile the time” (fall’ere tempus).   1
       
“To wile each moment with a fresh delight.”
       
Lowell: Legend of Brittany, part i. stanza 6.
 


 Wilde.Wilfrid (St.). 

 
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