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ˈsteeplewise, adv.
[f. steeple n.1 + -wise.]
After the manner of a steeple; in a conical or pyramidal form. Also, † steeplewise after a steeple wise.
1545T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde i. ix. 17 [Veins] enlargynge them selfe lytell and lytyll stepel wyse not fully rounde but flattyshe before and behynde. 1545Elyot Dict., Pyramidatus, made steeple wise brode beneth, and small and sharpe vpward. 1582Batman Barth. de P.R. iii. xvii. 18 Not onelie the lykenesse of the thinge seene commeth to the sight after a steeple wise [Trevisa shelde wise], but also [etc.]. 1637Heywood Dialogues ii. 26 His crowne Picked, made steeple-wise. a1661Fuller Worthies, Chester (1662) 192 He erected a seemly Waterwork built Steeplewise at the Bridgegate. 1725Bradley's Family Dict. s.v. Pears, When they serve them up, they range them handsomly upon a Dish Roseways, and mount them one upon another Steeple⁓wise. |