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Endlong

Endlong \End"long`\ (?; 115), adv. & prep. [Cf. Along.] Lengthwise; along. [Archaic]

The doors were all of adamants eterne, I-clenched overthwart and endelong With iron tough.
--Chaucer.

He pricketh endelong the large space.
--Chaucer.

To thrust the raft endlong across the moat.
--Sir W. Scott.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
endlong

c.1200, "from end to end, lengthwise; through or over the length of," from Old English andlang "from end to end, lengthwise" (see along) with Middle English substitution of ende (see end (n.)) for first element. Meaning "at full length, horizontally" is from early 15c. In Middle English frequently paired with overthwart and together meaning "lengthwise and crosswise," hence "in all directions."

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endlong

adv. From end to end. prep. along (as opposed to across), from end to end of.

Usage examples of "endlong".

As to the house within, two rows of pillars went down it endlong, fashioned of the mightiest trees that might be found, and each one fairly wrought with base and chapiter, and wreaths and knots, and fighting men and dragons.

And thus they rode nigh a quarter of a year, endlong and overthwart, in many places, forests and wilderness, and oft-times were evil lodged for his sake.