endwise
Example Sentences
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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
Some I broke and put in endwise, and I was careful to give all as irregular a setting as possible, till the top was reached.
From The Idyl of Twin Fires by Eaton, Walter Prichard
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 work is held in a pair of vice jaws operated by the hand wheel shown, and this vice is moved endwise in its slideways on the bed by means of the vertical lever shown.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
This locks the horn in the clamp and permits the dog to adjust itself to accommodate the motion endwise that occurs when it is revolved.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
