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vertical

At right angles to the horizontal plane.



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A sentinel at each end of the bridge stood with his rifle in the position known as "support," that is to say, vertical in front of the left shoulder, the hammer resting on the forearm thrown straight across the chest -- a formal and unnatural position, enforcing an erect carriage of the body.
An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
The horizontal diameter was fifty feet, and the vertical diameter seventy-five feet.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
The burning heather had been extinguished, but the level ground towards Ottershaw was blackened as far as one could see, and still giving off vertical streamers of smoke.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
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