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

The shell d is secured to h by the screws i, which pass through slots in a, and therefore move endwise when h is operated by its hand-lever.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

Thus a link or a double-eye would be dipped endwise, a plate edgewise; but all pieces should be immersed as quickly as possible after the box is opened.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

The captain could not remember the proper command to turn the company endwise, and the situation was becoming decidedly embarrassing, when one of those thoughts born of the depths of despair came to his rescue.

From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life by Herndon, William H.

Prone like a crawling band of scouts, endwise like battering-rams, not upright with green banners waving, Birnam wood comes to Dunsinane to fight King Frost.

From In New England Fields and Woods by Robinson, Rowland E. (Evans)