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

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

The further bending of the pieces thus treated is accomplished by placing them endwise upon the anvil-block, as shown in Fig.

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

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