endways

[ end-weyz ]

adverb

1. on end:

   We set the table endways in order to fix the legs.

2. with the end upward or forward.
3. toward the ends end or end; lengthwise.
4. with ends end touching; end to end.

endways

/ ˈɛndˌwaɪz; ˈɛndˌweɪz /

adverb

1. having the end forwards or upwards

adjective

1. vertical or upright
2. lengthways
3. standing or lying end to end

Word History and Origins

Origin of endways¹

First recorded in 1565–75; end ¹ + -ways

Example Sentences

A glancing bullet, turning over endways, had mangled the lower part of his face.

From Project Gutenberg

She made her way to the flower-stand in the governor’s garden, lifted the frame out of the ground and set it up endways directly under the broken spike.

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At the end of the hub of d is a cap fast in d, the latter being held endways between the shoulder shown on o and the washer and nut t.

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Plato spoke of it as "that of which the middle covers the ends," meaning that if looked at endways, the middle would make it impossible to see the remote end.

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No man durst give him "slack lip" on pain of being instantly knocked endways; a feat of which, by reason of his size and strength, he was fully capable.

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