endwise
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It was carefully arranged out of the eyes of peacock feathers, exactly as if a stiff peacock fan had been erected endwise on his head.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Another plan is to let the back gear move endwise and bush its bearing holes with hardened steel bushes.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
Obviously, a set-screw may be placed to bear against the end of the tool to move it endwise and put on the cut.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
The work is held in a pair of vice jaws operated by the hand wheel shown, and this vice is moved endwise in its slideways on the bed by means of the vertical lever shown.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
I could not for the life of me remember the word of command for getting my company endwise so that it would get through the gate.
From Boys' and Girls' Biography of Abraham Lincoln by James H. Shaw
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