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
And even as she spoke the great hearthstone sank down endwise turning upon itself and disclosing a narrow flight of steps.
From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Jeffery Farnol
Some I broke and put in endwise, and I was careful to give all as irregular a setting as possible, till the top was reached.
From The Idyl of Twin Fires by Walter Prichard Eaton
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
The further bending of the pieces thus treated is accomplished by placing them endwise upon the anvil-block, as shown in Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
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