breadthwise
- a variation of breadthways.
Example Sentences
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STRANGER: As thus: A piece of carded wool which is drawn out lengthwise and breadthwise is said to be pulled out.
From Statesman by Plato
Twelve additional pieces are formed by cutting six of these parallelopipeds or units of measure in halves breadthwise, giving blocks with two square and four oblong faces.
From Froebel's Gifts by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
The Egyptian cubit, which was similarly derived, was divided into digits, which were finger-breadths; and each finger-breadth was more definitely expressed as being equal to four grains of barley placed breadthwise.
From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Spencer, Herbert
All the steps I am going to take, as I dance lengthwise and breadthwise in thy cabbin, are to prove to thee the gaiety of my heart, and my gratitude.
From An Account of the Customs and Manners of the Micmakis and Maricheets Savage Nations, Now Dependent on the Government of Cape-Breton by Maillard, Antoine Simon
Up and down, crosswise and breadthwise, the flowers were tossed and flung, while their petals rained down the cliff's face in a purple storm.
From Ensign Knightley and Other Stories by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
