Definition of "till"

Similar sentiments will recur to everyone familiar with his writings all through them till the very end.

1854, Prof. John Wilson, The Genius and Character of Burns, page 194

The line was authorised on June 23, 1864, but not opened till July 11, 1881.

1946 May and June, G. A. Sekon, “L.B.S.C.R. West Coast Section—3”, in Railway Magazine, page 148

While the PA has not always seen eye-to-eye with US foreign policy, its survival remained, till recently, a top American priority.

2019 March 14, Ramzy Baroud, “Chasing mirages: What are Palestinians doing to combat ‘Deal of the Century’?”, in Ma'an News‎, archived from the original on 30 March 2019

She, poor bird, as all forlorn / Lean'd her breast up-till a thorn / And there sung the dolefull'st ditty, / To to hear it was great pity.

1599, William Shakespeare (attributed), The Passionate Pilgrim

And till the kirk she wadna gae, / nor till't she wadna ride, / Till four-and-twenty men she gat her before, / And twenty on ilka side

1806, “Lord Wa'Yates and Auld Ingram”, in Robert Jameson, editor, Popular Ballads and Songs, volume 2

For a king to gang an outlaw till / Is beneath his state and his dignitie.

1838, “The Outlaw Murray”, in Walter Scott, editor, Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border

"Here's at you old hoss!" hiccupped I, with a friendly pitch in the way of a nod at Rice."Go it, young grampus, that's me! Here's till ye, my infant progidy!" replied he, as he clinked his glass against mine.

1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 20

And then she changed her voice and would be as saft as honey: 'My puir wee Ailie, was I thrawn till ye? Never mind, my bonnie. You and me are a' that's left, and we maunna be ill to ither.'

1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

VLADIMIR: Together again at last! We'll have to celebrate this. But how? (He reflects.) Get up till I embrace you.

1953?, Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot

I charge you, O ye daughters of Ierusalem, by the Roes, and by the hindes of the field, that ye stirre not vp, nor awake my loue, till she please.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Song of Solomon 2:7

She twirled round and round, / Till she sunk underground, […]

1846, Edward Lear, The Book of Nonsense

And the Mouse sat and laughed till he cried.

1912, anonymous, Punky Dunk and the Mouse, P.F. Volland & Co.

That said, and I'll put this down to its newness, the bin lid was a bit snappy, like Arkwright's till (google that it you're a youngster).

2023 July 26, Pip Dunn, “Merseyrail '777s' are OK for commuters”, in RAIL, number 988, page 59

Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Genesis 3:23

Nor knowes a trappe nor snare to till

1614, William Browne, The Shepherd's Pipe