lengthwise

• “He slid the knife in lengthwise beneath the skin and then ran a straight incision down the spine all the way to the tail, four feet distant.”

  Fish Story

• “The baby started frantically shaking his head back and forth – the only part of his body free to move – as the doctor used another clamp to crush the foreskin lengthwise, where he then cut.”

  The First Cut | Her Bad Mother

• “Cut each beet in lengthwise quarters, and each quarter into 3 wedges.”

  Recipe: Beet, Fennel, and Leek Salad with Lemon-Ginger Dressing (Παντζάρια, Μάραθο και Πράσο Σαλάτα με Πιπερόριζα Σάλτσα)

• “Cut off the stalks and leaves of the fennel, and cut the bulb in lengthwise quarters.”

  Recipe: Smoky Tunisian Oven-Roasted Vegetables with Tabil (Τυνησιακό Μπριάμ)

• “Cut across the length, and then again lengthwise. so you have strips about 2-3 inches long.”

  London 5 - New Year's Eve Dinner

• “She laid the bloody sword lengthwise in the basin, shaking her head.”

  Fictionaut: The Lives of Felix Gunderson

• “In December of the next year (1854) I traversed the Rama plain lengthwise, that is to say, from Tiberias to the plain of Acre.”

  Byeways in Palestine

• “I laid the sword lengthwise in his hands, and then pointed at the inscription.”

  Captain Macklin

• “Then help the thick part lengthwise, that is, in the direction of the lines from a to b; and the thin part breadthwise, that is, in the direction of the lines from”

  The Book of Household Management

• “He said that "lengthwise" means "pole-to-pole" -- think about the way it grows, with the root end down and bud end up, and that's the length.”

  Bridget Moloney: When Recipes are Useless

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