endways

American  

[end-weyz] / ˈɛndˌweɪz /

Also endwise

adverb

1. on end.

   We set the table endways in order to fix the legs.

2. with the end upward or forward.

3. toward the ends or end; lengthwise.

4. with ends touching; end to end.

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endways British  

/ ˈɛndˌwaɪz, ˈɛndˌweɪz /

adverb

1. having the end forwards or upwards

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adjective

1. vertical or upright

2. lengthways

3. standing or lying end to end

Etymology

Origin of endways

First recorded in 1565–75; end ¹ + -ways

Example Sentences

For 16 months he and his wife, Mavis, gathered facts and polled opinion, crisscross and endways.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the patio was a barbeque pit made from a fifty-five gallon drum slit endways with a torch and set in a welded iron frame.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

If, then, the surface is narrow, so that there is no opportunity to move the emery cloth endways on the work, emery paper should be used.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

It follows then that when b is rotated x may be traversed endways in v, to open or close the steps y according to the direction of rotation of b.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

To remove the coupling the bolts are removed, and the sleeve being moved endways the cones open from their spring and relieve the grip upon the shaft.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua