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Definition of Endwise

1. Adverb. On end or upright. "Sticks leaning against the wall endways"

2. Adverb. In or toward the direction of the ends; lengthwise. "Endways pressure"

3. Adverb. With the end forward or toward the observer. "Houses built endways"

Definition of Endwise

1. Adverb. upright, or standing on end ¹

2. Adverb. with the end towards the front or towards the observer ¹

3. Adverb. towards the ends ¹

4. Adjective. On-end; upright; pertaining or relating to the end. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Endwise

1. lengthwise [adv] - See also: lengthwise

Lexicographical Neighbors of Endwise

endured endurement endurer endurers endures endurest endureth enduring enduringly enduringness

enduringnesses enduro enduros endward endways endwise (current term) endyma endymal endysis endzone

endzones enecate eneclann enediol enediolate enediols enediyne enediynes enema enemas

Literary usage of Endwise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1857)
"When the bars are wished to be held endwise by the chairs, a piece of iron inserted in the holes will be kept by the alloy in place. ..."

2. A Glossary of Words Used in Swaledale, Yorkshire by John Harland (1873)
"Ex. ' gang endwise,' go on. [I have never heard the -wise sounded otherwise than (uz) ; we say (eend uz) in Cleveland.—JC A,] Er, [ur] v. près. t. are ..."

3. The Materials of Construction: A Treatise for Engineers on the Strength of by John Butler Johnson (1897)
"When reduced to the same moisture condition it may be said, as a result of about 40000 tests of timber made by the author, that in crushing endwise 90 per ..."

4. Wooden Box and Crate Construction by Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.) (1921)
"(Note forward pitch 'of stacks, treated ends, and general sanitary ground conditions.) FIG. 11—Side view of lumber piled endwise to the alley with skids ..."

5. Success in the Small Shop by John Herbert Van Deventer (1918)
"Fresh-cast babbitt after it becomes solid and is still hot is weak, and an endwise blow on the cap will shear off the sprues B and enable one to remove the ..."

6. La Corte: Letters from Spain, 1863 to 1866 by A Resident there (1868)
"It has a great frontage to the street, but looked at endwise from the Prado it is only the width of two rooms, and looks like a thick wall with windows in. ..."

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