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endlong

[ end-lawng, -long ]

adverb

, Archaic.


endlong

/ ˈɛndˌlɒŋ /

adverb

  1. archaic.
    lengthways or on end
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of endlong1

1175–1225; Middle English endelong; replacing Old English andlong along
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Example Sentences

He had been killed by a black knight at a ford—he had jousted with his own son, who had broken his neck—he had gone mad again, after being beaten by his son, and was riding over thwart and- endlong—his armour had been stolen by a mysterious knight, and he had been eaten by a beast—he had fought against two hundred and fifty knights, been taken captive, and hanged like a dog.

Endlong the rewar men mycht behold & ſee, Of knychtis weryne mony one aſſemble; The black knight still remains looking towards the parapet.

Her walk was endlong Greta side, There was no bren that durst her bide, That was froe heaven to hell; Nor ever man that had that might, That ever durst come in her sight, Her force it was so fell.

The haw-trees hedged the russet lea Where cuckoo-buds waxed rich with gold; The wealthy corn rose yellowly Endlong the wold.

Along the back of this, and coming to about half its width, runs the open front of the house, like a covered gallery: the interior sometimes neat and almost elegant in its bareness, the sleeping space divided off by an endlong coaming, some bright raiment perhaps hanging from a nail, and a lamp and one of White’s sewing-machines, the only marks of civilisation.

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