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adverb

Endwise, Endways adv.

On end; erectly; in an upright position.

With the end forward.

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Etymology of 'Endways'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Endways" Quotes from Famous Books

... impede this tendency, or to entangle each other, they are, by continually shaking, arranged lengthwise, in three or four minutes. The direction of the shake is now changed, the needles are but little thrown up, but the tray is shaken endways; the result of which is, that in a minute or two the needles which were previously arranged endways become heaped up in a wall, with their ends against the extremity of the tray. They are then removed, by hundreds at a time, with a broad iron spatula, on which they ...

— On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures • Charles Babbage

... mussels, the bearers of pearls sometimes, and always lined with that of which pearls are made, the lustrous nacre. The mealy masses of dry sand beyond the river's lip are stuffed with these mussel shells. They lie all ways up, endways, sideways, on their faces, on their backs. The pearl lining shines through the sand, and the mussels gleam like silver spoons under the water. They crack and crunch beneath your feet as you step across to search the mass for the smaller and rarer shells. Many ...

— The Naturalist on the Thames • C. J. Cornish