† fore-whilen.
Obsolete. rare.
The space of time or interval before a future event happens.
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the world > time > [noun] > stretch, period, or portion of time > period of time between events or interval
waya1300
distancec1330
interstition1390
spacea1400
pastimea1513
vacance1533
intermission?1566
vacation1567
intervallum1574
interim1579
between-timea1586
wem1599
parenthesis1600
intermedium1611
betweena1616
fore-while?1615
interpolation1615
vacancya1616
interval1616
interstitium1624
slatcha1625
interspace1629
intermissa1633
between-spacea1641
interregnum1659
intervalea1661
interlapse1666
interlude1751
in-between1815
lapse1817
intermezzo1851
meanwhile1872
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) ii. 256 Let us consult yet, in this long forewhile, How to ourselves we may prevent this ill.
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n.?1615- pedestals
- pedestrial
- pedestrially
- pedestrian
- pedestrian crossing
- pedestrian deck
- pedestrian mall
- pedestrian precinct
- pedestrian walkway
- pedestrian-friendly
- pedestrian-lined
- peat mould
- peat mud
- peat pot
- peat road
- peat soil
- peat stack
- peat wain
- peat wool
- peat-bank
- peat-black
- peat-brown
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- peat-casting
- peat-coal