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end⋅ways

  [end-weyz]
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–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 or end; lengthwise.
4. with ends touching; end to end.
Also, end⋅wise  [end-wahyz] .

Origin:
1565–75; end 1 + -ways
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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end·wise   (ěnd'wīz')   
adv.  

  1. On end; upright.

  2. With the end foremost.

  3. Lengthwise.

  4. End to end.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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