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

Here and there stone slabs stuck up, planted endwise in the earth like gravestones in a cemetery.

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Had it lodged endwise it would have jammed the stick even farther forward, and I would have had to jump or dive in with the ship.

From Test Pilot by Collins, Jimmy

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 Ballou, Maturin Murray

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 Hexamer, F. M.