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

Had it lodged endwise it would have jammed the stick even farther forward, and I would have had to jump or dive in with the ship.

From Test Pilot by Collins, Jimmy

The eggs are deposited endwise upon the stem or foliage, and in the early spring upon the developed stalks, usually in rows of from two to six, or more.

From Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market: a practical treatise on the planting, cultivation, harvesting, marketing, and preserving of asparagus, with notes on its history by Hexamer, F. M.

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 Rose, Joshua

It is fixed on slides so that it can move to and fro endwise.

From Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science by Corbin, Thomas W.