endways
adverb
on end.
endwise
-
a variation of
endways.
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
Obviously, a set-screw may be placed to bear against the end of the tool to move it endwise and put on the cut.
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
Sheets of iron are tinned, in the manufactories of tin plate, by immersing the sheets, endwise, in a pot of melted tin, the top of which is covered with about two inches depth of tallow.
From A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts and Interesting Experiments, Which are Well Explained and Warranted Genuine and may be Performed Easily, Safely, and at Little Expense. by Various Unknown
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
