endwise — English Dictionary

Adverb

1. Upright, or standing on end.

2. With the end towards the front or towards the observer.

3. Towards the ends.

Adjective

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

   Examples

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   ... modes to the exclusion of either radial arms or any specific curve, my invention not referring to these modes, but to neutralising the endwise pressure on the axis, as more particularly stated hereinafter in my claim of invention.

   But the same slender member in bending and not in endwise compression can stand an extreme fiber stress several ...

Adverb

1. on end or upright

   Synonyms

   endways

   Examples

   sticks leaning against the wall endways

2. in or toward the direction of the ends; lengthwise

   Synonyms

   endways

   Examples

   endways pressure

3. with the end forward or toward the observer

   Synonyms

   endwaysend on

   Examples

   houses built endways