• Endward

    Origin

    From end + -ward.

    Full definition of endward

    Adjective

    endward

    1. Being positioned toward the end; pertaining to the end or rear.
      • 1920, United States. Patent Office, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office:... having a top section slidable upon the upper edge of the fire pot and a vertical section movable into contact with the converging side walls of the fire pot at either end on endward movement of the top section.
      • 1960, Titus Evans, Radiation Research Society, Radiation research:The deviation of ID for both the sideward and endward cases is qualitatively like that of a slim pencil-shaped ...

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    Adverb

    endward

    1. Toward the end; rearward.
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