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lengthwise, adv. and a.|ˈlɛŋθwaɪz|
[See -wise.]
A. adv. = lengthways.
c1580J. Jeffere Bugbears iii. iii. in Archiv Stud. neu. Spr. (1897) 90 Slend thys square sticke length-wyse in-to two. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. I. 362 Beginning about two degrees north of the line and so downward length⁓wise for about a thousand miles. 1842Act 5 & 6 Vict. c. 79 §13 Allowing for every passenger..a space..of sixteen inches, measuring in a straight line lengthwise on the front of each seat. 1894Hall Caine Manxman iv. viii. 228 The child slept, and Grannie put it on the pillow turned lengthwise at Kate's side.
B. adj. Following the direction of the length; longitudinal.
1871Tylor Prim. Cult. I. 112 Lengthwise splits mean going on well. 1878W. K. Clifford Dynamics 132 The component velocity of any point on the [moving] line may be called the lengthwise velocity of the line. 1891C. T. C. James Rom. Rigmarole 133 That wretched driver..was reposing in a sort of doubled-up, lengthwise position. |