For an indefinite period. The N.E.D. supplies a quotation, 1616,
| They drink round, | |
| Vntill their adle heads doe make the ground | |
| Seeme blew vnto them. | |
R. C., The Times’ Whistle, V. 1835. |
1806.
| The land we till is all our own; | |
| Whate’er the price, we paid it; | |
| Therefore we’ll fight till all is blue, | |
| Should any dare invade it. | |
The Balance, July 22 (p. 232/2), ‘New Yankee Doodle.’ (Italics in the original.) |
