Associations to the word «Longways»

Wiktionary

LONGWAYS, adverb. Lengthwise, in the longer direction.
LONGWAYS FOR AS MANY AS WILL, noun. (obsolete) (18th century) (United States) A country dance, most often specifically a type of New England line dance.

Dictionary definition

LONGWAYS, noun. Country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other.
LONGWAYS, adverb. In the direction of the length; "He cut the paper lengthwise".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne