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ˈedge-ways, -wise (rarely) -way.
1. a. Of position: With the edge (instead of the broad surface) uppermost, foremost, or turned towards the spectator.
1566in Peacock Eng. Ch. Furniture (1866) 73 Alter stones ij—one is broke..thother yet standeth edgewaie in the grownd. 1641Best Farm. Bks. (1856) 126 They layd them [fir deals] edg-wayes. 1715Desaguliers Fires Impr. 160 The Partition Plates must be..fix'd edgewise to the great Plate. 1723Lond. Gaz. No. 6156/4 One of his fore Teeth..standing edgeway. 1775Sheridan Rivals v. iii, I'll stand edge⁓ways. 1857Birch Anc. Pottery (1858) II. 303 Curved bricks set edgeways in a thick slip of the material. 1879Newcomb & Holden Astron. 358 At certain times the rings of Saturn are seen edgeways. 1885H. J. Stonor in Law Times LXXX. 119/1 The ladder..standing edgeways.
fig.1664H. More Myst. Iniq. Apol. 538 This Objection is set edge-wise, and seems to stand..in a very dangerous posture. 1677Gilpin Dæmonol. (1867) 409 Sometime a scripture will be set so cross or edgeway to their good and comfort.
b. Edge to edge.
c1850Rudim. Navig. (Weale) 121 Each is composed of..deals..bolted together edgewise.
2. a. Of motion: With the edge foremost.
1794Vince in Phil. Trans. LXXXV. 44 When they [the planes] move edge-ways. 1828Scott F.M. Perth II. 156 The savage raised the axe..and brought it down again edge⁓ways.
b. fig. in to get a word, etc. in edgeways, etc.
1777Sheridan Sch. Scand. ii. ii, All her words appear to slide out edgewise. 1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 156 As if it were possible for any of us to slide in a word edgewise. 1854S. Hale Lett. (1918) i. 9 Mrs. Otis herself talked all the time, so there was no room for me to get in a word edgewise. 1870Morris Earthly Par. III. iv. 206 At the last [he] pushed in his word Edgewise, as 'twere.
3. On the edge (instead of the broad side).
1791Smeaton Edystone L. §239 The sea acting edgewise upon the joint would exert the same power to lift it up. |