endwise
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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
They set up a chant, marking the time with a small wooden drum, and the boom of hollow bamboos struck endwise upon the earth.
From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Basil Thomson
He closed the discussion by spearing half a dill pickle with a fork and inserting it endwise in his mouth.
From The Competitive Nephew by Montague Glass
The school children sat on forms placed endwise down the centre aisle.
From Greene Ferne Farm by Richard Jefferies
The coal is well wetted and packed around and above the bar, which is then pulled out endwise, leaving a blast hole through the coal, as is shown in the end view Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
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