endlong

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And though ye cut them in never so many gobbets or parts, overthwart or endlong, evermore ye shall find in the midst the figure of the Holy Cross of our Lord Jesu. 

From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir

Nor in vain: with a reluctant sob its bed of sand gave up the stubborn rock, and as it rolled endlong a devil that had urged excuse went from Christian.

From The Unknown Sea by Housman, Clemence

But Sir Bors himself and others of Sir Launcelot's kin took on them to ride all England across and endlong, to seek Sir Launcelot.

From Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" by Cutler, U. Waldo

The hero goes "overthwart and endlong," just like the figures whom all readers know in Malory, and some in his originals.

From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by Saintsbury, George

At North Berwick in 1590 seven score witches 'danced endlong the Kirk yard.

From The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology by Murray, Margaret Alice