endlong

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At North Berwick in 1590 seven score witches 'danced endlong the Kirk yard.

From The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology by Murray, Margaret Alice

Then he rode endlong the gates of that manor nigh half-an-hour.

From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

Plunging endlong into the water, the impetus created by my fall from such a height would be slowly resisted by this denser element.

From Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker by Brown, Charles Brockden

The hero goes "overthwart and endlong," just like the figures whom all readers know in Malory, and some in his originals.

From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by Saintsbury, George

Again did Birdalone take heart, and they hastened a long way up the stair, till Atra stayed at last at a door all done with iron, endlong and over-thwart. 

From The Water of the Wondrous Isles by Morris, William