lengthwaysadv.
/ˈlɛŋ(k)θweɪz/, /ˈlɛnθweɪz/, U.S. /ˈlɛŋθˌweɪz/ a. In the direction of the length.
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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.
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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.
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