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

Sheets of iron are tinned, in the manufactories of tin plate, by immersing the sheets, endwise, in a pot of melted tin, the top of which is covered with about two inches depth of tallow.

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In the former position it breaks the grain endwise, while in the latter it wedges it apart.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

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 Melville, Herman

The captain could not remember the proper command to turn the company endwise, and the situation was becoming decidedly embarrassing, when one of those thoughts born of the depths of despair came to his rescue.

From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life by Herndon, William H.