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Meanings of placed on end in English

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Usage of placed on end in English
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These stones-perfectlyflat ones-shouldbe placed on end with a foot between the rows.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
2
If it is preferred, Indian clubs placed on end may be substituted for the cushions.
Entertainments for Home, Church and School
3
The second diagram will serve to show why the first cigar must be placed on end.
Amusements in Mathematics
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He tried indeed just once more, because at last he succeeded and the barrel was placed on end under the vine.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 2, 1917
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Any one may have observed that one stick placed on end will fall, as a matter of course, unless rooted in the earth.
The Monikins
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A number of such rolls, related in subject or authorship, were placed on end in a round box, with the labels upwards ready for inspection.
Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul
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8: The body of the tabernacle consisted of boards placed on end, and covered on the inside with curtains of four different colors, viz.
Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) / From the Com...
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