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

In the former position it breaks the grain endwise, while in the latter it wedges it apart.

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

And even as she spoke the great hearthstone sank down endwise turning upon itself and disclosing a narrow flight of steps.

From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Farnol, Jeffery

Sheets of iron are tinned, in the manufactories of tin plate, by immersing the sheets, endwise, in a pot of melted tin, the top of which is covered with about two inches depth of tallow.

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But in other woods, the ends of some cells which meet endwise are absorbed, thus forming a continuous series of elements which constitute an open tube.

From Wood and Forest by Noyes, William