"tailwise" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tail",
        "3": "wise"
      },
      "expansion": "tail + -wise",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From tail + -wise.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "tailwise (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -wise",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1883, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, page 211:",
          "text": "No serrature of abdominal outline, but bony scales present or dermo-hæmal processes under true scales as figured above, overlapping and having short end pointing tailwise from pectoral to anal fin.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1982, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services, Research and development, Title II, page 1216:",
          "text": "If the Soviet missile were toppled, would it still go off if it hit sidewise or tailwise?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Chris Snell, The Shout:",
          "text": "It was at this point the plane gave its lurch and slid tailwise down into the water until its rear fuselage struck the sandy sea bed.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In the direction of the tail; tail first."
      ],
      "id": "en-tailwise-en-adv-IDtwHlKf",
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tailwise"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tail",
        "3": "wise"
      },
      "expansion": "tail + -wise",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From tail + -wise.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "tailwise (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adverbs",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms suffixed with -wise",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncomparable adverbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1883, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, page 211:",
          "text": "No serrature of abdominal outline, but bony scales present or dermo-hæmal processes under true scales as figured above, overlapping and having short end pointing tailwise from pectoral to anal fin.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1982, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services, Research and development, Title II, page 1216:",
          "text": "If the Soviet missile were toppled, would it still go off if it hit sidewise or tailwise?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Chris Snell, The Shout:",
          "text": "It was at this point the plane gave its lurch and slid tailwise down into the water until its rear fuselage struck the sandy sea bed.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In the direction of the tail; tail first."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tailwise"
}