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

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 Shaw, James H.

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 Rose, Joshua

The launch was pitching endwise and sidewise, and through one or two of the ports, which had been left open, the rain was blowing in.

From Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water by Barbour, Ralph Henry

Its thick leaves form also its branches, each leaf being attached to its neighbor endwise, like links of a chain, and being bordered by a bright yellow ruffle of profuse blossoms.

From The Pearl of India by Ballou, Maturin Murray