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
Another plan is to let the back gear move endwise and bush its bearing holes with hardened steel bushes.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
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
The school children sat on forms placed endwise down the centre aisle.
From Greene Ferne Farm by Richard Jefferies
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 William H. Herndon
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