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endlong
adverb as in lengthwise
Example Sentences
He had been killed by a black knight at a ford—he had jousted with his own son, who had broken his neck—he had gone mad again, after being beaten by his son, and was riding over thwart and- endlong—his armour had been stolen by a mysterious knight, and he had been eaten by a beast—he had fought against two hundred and fifty knights, been taken captive, and hanged like a dog.
Endlong the rewar men mycht behold & ſee, Of knychtis weryne mony one aſſemble; The black knight still remains looking towards the parapet.
Her walk was endlong Greta side, There was no bren that durst her bide, That was froe heaven to hell; Nor ever man that had that might, That ever durst come in her sight, Her force it was so fell.
The haw-trees hedged the russet lea Where cuckoo-buds waxed rich with gold; The wealthy corn rose yellowly Endlong the wold.
Along the back of this, and coming to about half its width, runs the open front of the house, like a covered gallery: the interior sometimes neat and almost elegant in its bareness, the sleeping space divided off by an endlong coaming, some bright raiment perhaps hanging from a nail, and a lamp and one of White’s sewing-machines, the only marks of civilisation.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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