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
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 Maturin Murray Ballou
The coal is well wetted and packed around and above the bar, which is then pulled out endwise, leaving a blast hole through the coal, as is shown in the end view Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
He closed the discussion by spearing half a dill pickle with a fork and inserting it endwise in his mouth.
From The Competitive Nephew by Montague Glass
The further bending of the pieces thus treated is accomplished by placing them endwise upon the anvil-block, as shown in Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
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