endwise
Example Sentences
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It was carefully arranged out of the eyes of peacock feathers, exactly as if a stiff peacock fan had been erected endwise on his head.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
In small engines the link is moved endwise for forward or backward gear by a simple arrangement of hand levers.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
Spindle r may be adjusted endwise in t, so that it may be adjusted to suit different lengths of rolls without moving the bearing blocks b.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
Thus a link or a double-eye would be dipped endwise, a plate edgewise; but all pieces should be immersed as quickly as possible after the box is opened.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
Once, I saw an immense-sized coffin, endwise pushed through a lower window by three men who did not speak; and watching, I saw it pushed out again, and they drove off with it.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Herman Melville
