† no while,adv.Obs.rare. Also 4 na quil(e, quyle. [See while.] For no space of time. a1300Cursor M. 3124 He began to luf him sua Þat he moght na quil him for-ga.1470–85Malory Arth. x. xviii. 459 There with came Elyas and badde the Kynge yelde vp the castel, for ye maye not hold it no whyle.