Word Meanings - BREADTHWISE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

In the direction of the breadth.

BREADTHWISE
In the direction of the breadth.
BREADTHLESS
Without breadth.
DIRECTION
The pointing of a piece with reference to an imaginary vertical axis; -- distinguished from elevation. The direction is given when the plane of sight passes through the object. Wilhelm. Syn. -- Administration; guidance; management; superintendence;
BREADTHWAYS
Breadthwise. Whewell.
BREADTH
1. Distance from side to side of any surface or thing; measure across, or at right angles to the length; width. 2. The quality of having the colors and shadows broad and massive, and the arrangement of objects such as to avoid to great
MISDIRECTION
An error of a judge in charging the jury on a matter of law. Mozley & W. (more info) 1. The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed.
INDIRECTION
Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness. "By indirections find directions out." Shak.
HAIRBREADTH
Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape.
FOOTBREADTH
The breadth of a foot; -- used as a measure. Longfellow. Not so much as a footbreadth. Deut. ii. 5.
HANDBREADTH
A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm. Ex. xxxvii.
HAIRBREADTH; HAIR'SBREADTH
The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch. Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth and not miss. Judg. xx. 16