Definition of "endways" [end•ways]

• Endwise (adverb)

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• "We were placed in two ranks, "endways," in such a manner that the heads of the front-rank men rested between the feet of their respective"
• "Large blocks of stone, shaped to fit the upper surface of the rock, were laid upon it, generally endways, that is, with their smallest surface outwards, their length forming the thickness of the wall, which was sometimes as much as fifteen or twenty feet. ["
• "The shock of it knocked my wits endways - but only for a moment."