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
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 Joshua Rose
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 Henryk Sienkiewicz
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 Joshua Rose
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
