endlong
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of endlong
1175–1225; Middle English endelong; replacing Old English andlong along
Example Sentences
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The hero goes "overthwart and endlong," just like the figures whom all readers know in Malory, and some in his originals.
From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by George Saintsbury
At North Berwick in 1590 seven score witches 'danced endlong the Kirk yard.
From The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology by Margaret Alice Murray
And though ye cut them in never so many gobbets or parts, overthwart or endlong, evermore ye shall find in the midst the figure of the Holy Cross of our Lord Jesu.
From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Sir John Mandeville
Nor in vain: with a reluctant sob its bed of sand gave up the stubborn rock, and as it rolled endlong a devil that had urged excuse went from Christian.
From The Unknown Sea by Clemence Housman
Again did Birdalone take heart, and they hastened a long way up the stair, till Atra stayed at last at a door all done with iron, endlong and over-thwart.
From The Water of the Wondrous Isles by William Morris
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