"tuskwise" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From tusk + -wise.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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          "ref": "1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Drama of Exile:",
          "text": "Nay without this law / Of mandom, ye would perish, — beast by beast / Devouring, — tree by tree, with strangling roots / And trunks set tuskwise.",
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        {
          "ref": "1941, Charles Fort, Lo!:",
          "text": "...part of the jaw bone of a whale, propped up tuskwise.",
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        {
          "ref": "2008, Kage Baker, The Sons of Heaven:",
          "text": "Alec laughs so hard his eyes glaze and his cheeks flush, and even Nicholas is chortling now. Edward forges ahead, holding up his fingers tuskwise...",
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        "In the manner of tusks."
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        "(rare) In the manner of tusks."
      ],
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        "not-comparable",
        "rare"
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  "word": "tuskwise"
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  "etymology_text": "From tusk + -wise.",
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  "pos": "adv",
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          "ref": "1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Drama of Exile:",
          "text": "Nay without this law / Of mandom, ye would perish, — beast by beast / Devouring, — tree by tree, with strangling roots / And trunks set tuskwise.",
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          "ref": "1941, Charles Fort, Lo!:",
          "text": "...part of the jaw bone of a whale, propped up tuskwise.",
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          "text": "Alec laughs so hard his eyes glaze and his cheeks flush, and even Nicholas is chortling now. Edward forges ahead, holding up his fingers tuskwise...",
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        "In the manner of tusks."
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        "(rare) In the manner of tusks."
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