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

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 Glass, Montague

But in other woods, the ends of some cells which meet endwise are absorbed, thus forming a continuous series of elements which constitute an open tube.

From Wood and Forest by Noyes, William

Some I broke and put in endwise, and I was careful to give all as irregular a setting as possible, till the top was reached.

From The Idyl of Twin Fires by Eaton, Walter Prichard

And even as she spoke the great hearthstone sank down endwise turning upon itself and disclosing a narrow flight of steps.

From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Farnol, Jeffery