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To set edgewise, as a stone; that is, to set it in a position different from that which it had in the quarry.

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  1. v. t. To set edgewise, as a stone; that is, to set it in a position different from that which it had in the quarry.
  2. To set edgewise, as a stone; that is, to set it in a position different from that which it had in the quarry. It . . . has something of a grain parallel with the horizon, and therefore should not be surbedded. Gilbert White.
  3. To set edgewise, as a stone; that is, to set it in a positiondifferent from that which it had in the quarry.It . . . has something of a grain parallel with the horizon, andtherefore should not be surbedded. Gilbert White.