endwise

Etymology

end + -wise

adv

1. Upright, or standing on end.
2. With the end towards the front or towards the observer.
3. Towards the ends.

adj

1. On-end; upright; pertaining or relating to the end.
   ... modes to the exclusion of either radial arms or any specific curve, my invention not referring to these modes, but to neutralising the endwise pressure on the axis, as more particularly stated hereinafter in my claim of invention. 1855, The Repertory of patent inventions
   But the same slender member in bending and not in endwise compression can stand an extreme fiber stress several ... 1914, Engineering news