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midwise

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midwise (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of middlewise
    • 1909, United States. Patent Office, Specifications and Drawings of Patents... (page 4944)
      The joints formed by the abutting ends of the sections of the even numbered strands and those of the odd numbered strands are placed midwise or staggered of each other.
    • 2009, Harris Dickson Shortle, The Duke of Zardano: His Greatest Battle Has Just Begun (page 184)
      Turning off midwise of the great corridor, Bearface guided his comrade to the right along a passage at the end of which was a small anteroom and a door that supplied legends for all of Italy.