endways

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end·wise

(ĕnd′wīz′) also end·ways (-wāz′)

adv.

1. On end; upright.

2. With the end foremost.

3. Lengthwise.

4. End to end.

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endways

(ˈɛndˌweɪz) or

endwise

adv

having the end forwards or upwards

adj

1. vertical or upright

2. lengthways

3. standing or lying end to end

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end•ways

(ˈɛndˌweɪz)

also end•wise

(-ˌwaɪz)

adv.

1. on end.

2. with the end upward or forward.

3. toward the ends or end; lengthwise.

4. with ends touching; end to end.

[1565–75]

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Adv.	1.	endways - on end or upright; "sticks leaning against the wall endways" endwise
	2.	endways - in or toward the direction of the ends; lengthwise; "endways pressure" endwise
	3.	endways - with the end forward or toward the observer; "houses built endways" end on, endwise

Translations

di punta

endways

[ˈendweɪz] ADV (= end to end) → de punta; (= with end facing) → de lado, de canto

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

endways

, endwise

adv → mit dem Ende nach vorne or zuerst; (= end to end) → mit den Enden aneinander; put it endways on → legen Sie es mit dem Ende or der Spitze an

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endways

[ˈɛndˌweɪz] end£wise [ˈɛndˌwaɪz] (Am) adv (endways on) → longitudinalmente; (end to end) → l'uno/a contro l'altro/a (longitudinalmente)

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Then I yelled with pain and rage, and lifting the Watcher endways, drove it down with both hands, as a man drives a stake into the earth, and that with so great a stroke that the skull of the wolf was shattered like a pot, and he fell dead, dragging me with him.

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Any suspicion against him, let alone such a story against him, would knock us endways from Malta to Mandalay.

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The 1955 piece "Bed" was a combination of action painting and readymade as he sprayed paint over a bed and installed it endways.