单词 | lengthways |
释义 | lengthwaysadv. a. In the direction of the length. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in longitudinal direction alongc1300 endlongc1300 afterlong?a1425 endlonges1473 alength?1523 longways1525 longwise1548 alongst1562 longstways1566 longstwise1566 lengthwisec1580 longst1581 lengthways1599 longitudinally1695 plankwise1815 axially1855 1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. M4v Cut lengthwayes in halfes, and applied to the soles of the feete. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 45 A long table..placed length~ways in an aisle which stands over across the church. 1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty x. 53 Imagine the horn..to be cut lengthways by a very fine saw. 1822 S. T. Coleridge Lett., Conversat., & Recoll. II. xxvi. 68 A hollow tube split lengthways. 1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times xiii. 444 The ornaments of the chiefs are actually pierced lengthways. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [noun] > longitudinal direction lengthway1691 lengthways1702 1702 in Early Rec. Town of Providence (Rhode Island) (1894) V. 168 The lengthwayes of the said land lieing Eastward and westward. 1703 in Early Rec. Town of Providence (Rhode Island) (1894) V. 150 The lengthwayes of this sd Piece of land last mentioned Also lieth Northward and southward. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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