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Definition of End on
1. Adverb. With the end forward or toward the observer. "Houses built endways"
Lexicographical Neighbors of End On
Literary usage of End on
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1850)
"Lift it on to the projecting end of the crank, with the large end on first, and
turn it round until the square key-way, or groove, which is cut in the ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... TIME,—(1) Political History—The Latin dominion over Jerusalem really came to
an end on 2 October, 1187, when the city opened its gates to Saladin (Yusuf ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Collisions at Sea: With an Appendix, Containing by Reginald Godfrey Marsden (1885)
"(e.) A ship whieh has the wind aft shall keep out of the way of the other ship.
Art. 15. If two ships under steam are meeting end on, or nearly end on, ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"When the brig was discovered from the schooner, the two vessels were approaching
each other end on, or nearly end on, so as to involve the risk of collision ..."
5. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl (1866)
"... stormy lives that do not end on the scaffold, soon obliged him to retire, and
to stay at home. There, nothing could diminish his restless activity. ..."
6. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1883)
"The Alexandra is of the box-battery type with deeply recessed bows for the purpose
of securing end-on fire. The Sultan is of the same type, but less heavily ..."
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