endways
Origin of endways
1- Also end·wise [end-wahyz]. /ˈɛndˌwaɪz/.
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How to use endways in a sentence
Some I broke and put in endwise, and I was careful to give all as irregular a setting as possible, till the top was reached.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonThe soup is eaten with a bowl-like spoon, and it is the grossest breach to place this in your mouth, or approach it, endwise.
As A Chinaman Saw Us | AnonymousThere is always an arrangement for adjusting the cylinder endwise, so that teeth will come in the middle.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them | James H. StephensonSometimes articles, like spools, can be held endwise with safety when they might be crushed if squeezed sidewise.
Manual Training Toys for the Boy's Workshop | Harris W. MoorePare the curve from each end with a chisel, holding the spring endwise in the bench-hook.
Manual Training Toys for the Boy's Workshop | Harris W. Moore
British Dictionary definitions for endways
esp US and Canadian endwise (ˈɛndˌwaɪz)
/ (ˈɛndˌweɪz) /
having the end forwards or upwards
vertical or upright
lengthways
standing or lying end to end
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