endlong

[ end-lawng, -long ]

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adverbArchaic.

lengthwise.

Origin of endlong

1175–1225; Middle English endelong; replacing Old English andlongalong

Words Nearby endlong

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How to use endlong in a sentence

But Sir Launcelot rode overthwart and endlong in a wild forest, and held no path but as wild adventure led him.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II) | Thomas Malory
And last, between the endlong beams I stretched Stout thongs of ox-hide, dipped in purple dye.
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft | George Gissing
A sigh sent wrong, A kiss that goes astray, A sorrow the years endlong— So they say.
Hawthorn and Lavender | William Ernest Henley
De Lancre concludes his description of the dances (see above, p. 131) by an account of an 'endlong' dance.
The Witch-cult in Western Europe | Margaret Alice Murray
At North Berwick in 1590 seven score witches 'danced endlong the Kirk yard.
The Witch-cult in Western Europe | Margaret Alice Murray

British Dictionary definitions for endlong

endlong

/ (ˈɛndˌlɒŋ) /

adverb

archaic lengthways or on end

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