Lengthways

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  • adverb. Lengthwise.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Same as lengthwise.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adverb. In the direction of the length; running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing; in a longitudinal direction. Contrasted with crosswise.
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  • adjective. lengthwise
  • adverb. lengthwise
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  • adverb. in the direction of the length
  • adjective. running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing
  • Word Usage
    "I remember being once shown by an indignant collector a set of utterly and hopelessly destroyed copies of rare tracts connected with the religious disputes of Queen Elizabeth's day, each inlaid and separately bound in a thin volume in the finest morocco, with the title lengthways along the back."
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