endways

[ end-weyz ]

/ ˈɛndˌweɪz /

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adverb

on end: We set the table endways in order to fix the legs.

with the end upward or forward.

toward the ends or end; lengthwise.

with ends touching; end to end.

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Also end·wise

[end-wahyz]. /ˈɛndˌwaɪz/.

Origin of endways

First recorded in 1565–75; end¹ + -ways

Words nearby endways

endure, enduring, enduro, end use, end user, endways, Endymion, endysis, end zone, ENE, ENEA

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How to use endways in a sentence

Harry helped himself to one, and without much thinking what he was doing, put it endways into his mouth, and took a bite.
The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley|Bertram Mitford
It moves on; we might mistake it for a block of coal set up endways.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. IX.--February, 1851.--Vol. II.|Various
The knife and fork, and the table utensils generally should never be handed endways, but should be held by the middle.
Beadle's Dime Book of Practical Etiquette for Ladies and Gentlemen|anonymous
Things have been going from bad to worse with our four poor gods, but what has principally knocked them endways is machinery.
The Harlequinade|Dion Clayton Calthrop

The lads crowd round, and place their fists endways the one on the other, till they form a high pile of hands.
Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales|David Goodger (goodger@python.org)

British Dictionary definitions for endways

endways

esp US and Canadian endwise (ˈɛndˌwaɪz)

/ (ˈɛndˌweɪz) /

adverb

having the end forwards or upwards

adjective

vertical or upright

lengthways

standing or lying end to end

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