arraswise

English

Alternative forms

• arrasways

Adverb

arraswise (not comparable)

1. Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front; said of a rectangular form.
   • 1870-1881, John Edwin Cussans, History of Hertfordshire

     A pillow laid arraswise on another, and held by two kneeling angels, one on each side, supports her head, and her feet rest on two small dogs

See also

• arriswise

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “arraswise”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)