endwise
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
Its thick leaves form also its branches, each leaf being attached to its neighbor endwise, like links of a chain, and being bordered by a bright yellow ruffle of profuse blossoms.
From The Pearl of India by Maturin Murray Ballou
The eggs are deposited endwise upon the stem or foliage, and in the early spring upon the developed stalks, usually in rows of from two to six, or more.
From Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market: a practical treatise on the planting, cultivation, harvesting, marketing, and preserving of asparagus, with notes on its history by F. M. Hexamer
I could not for the life of me remember the word of command for getting my company endwise so that it would get through the gate.
From Boys' and Girls' Biography of Abraham Lincoln by James H. Shaw
Obviously, a set-screw may be placed to bear against the end of the tool to move it endwise and put on the cut.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
