flatwise

American  

[flat-wahyz] / ˈflætˌwaɪz /

Also flatways

adverb

1. with the flat side, rather than the edge, foremost or in contact.

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Etymology

Origin of flatwise

First recorded in 1595–1605; flat ¹ + -wise

Example Sentences

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flatwise

These are apparent exceptions to the rule, the blade standing edgewise instead of flatwise to the stem; but this position comes by a twist of the stalk or the base of the blade.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray

Sills, 2 × 8s, sawed in short lengths, and placed flatwise.

From Economy of the Round Dairy Barn by Wilber John Fraser

To do this a double sage-knife is run flatwise between the coronary cushion and the cartilage, with the convex surface of the blade towards the skin.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks

A large arrow-head of chalcedony has been bound with cords of cotton flatwise along one side of the body.

From Zuñi Fetiches Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-1881, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 3-45 by Frank Hamilton Cushing

Presently I was startled by a loud rap, as of a small paddle struck flatwise on the water, then another, and another, in quick succession.

From Gaut Gurley by D. P. Thompson