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
The launch was pitching endwise and sidewise, and through one or two of the ports, which had been left open, the rain was blowing in.
From Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water by Ralph Henry Barbour
This locks the horn in the clamp and permits the dog to adjust itself to accommodate the motion endwise that occurs when it is revolved.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
The shell d is secured to h by the screws i, which pass through slots in a, and therefore move endwise when h is operated by its hand-lever.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
But in other woods, the ends of some cells which meet endwise are absorbed, thus forming a continuous series of elements which constitute an open tube.
From Wood and Forest by William Noyes
