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

Thus a link or a double-eye would be dipped endwise, a plate edgewise; but all pieces should be immersed as quickly as possible after the box is opened.

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

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 Shaw, James H.

They set up a chant, marking the time with a small wooden drum, and the boom of hollow bamboos struck endwise upon the earth.

From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Thomson, Basil

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