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 end or end; lengthwise.

4. with ends end 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

She made her way to the flower-stand in the governor’s garden, lifted the frame out of the ground and set it up endways directly under the broken spike.

From Project Gutenberg

The corners are then again hammered down, giving the work sixteen sides, the work during this part of the process being moved endways, as each corner is hammered down.

From Project Gutenberg

Plato spoke of it as "that of which the middle covers the ends," meaning that if looked at endways, the middle would make it impossible to see the remote end.

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This game is now played as follows:—a child hides something in one hand, and then places both fists endways on each other, crying,— Handy-dandy riddledy ro, Which will you have, high or low?

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In the pagan cemeteries, on the other hand, the sepulchral recess as a rule entered the rock like an oven at right angles to the corridor, the body being introduced endways.

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