All 6 Uses of
vertical
in
Dune
- Paul touched his forehead with his rapier blade held vertical.†
Book 1 *
- He looked across at that other rock wall, seeing the passage of time in the vertical moonshadows there.†
Book 2
- He added another pinch of spice to the container, sent the foam boiling around Jessica's hands as she began cutting a vertical face in the upper slant of the hole.†
Book 2
- A deep crack stretched its vertical shadow upward into the cliff ahead of them.†
Book 2
- He squeezed around a corner in the rocks, found himself in a narrow vertical crack, began inching upward—his back against one side, his feet against the other—slowly, as silently as he could.†
Book 2
- As he moved, he heard heavy breathing, suddenly stilled, above him in the vertical crack of the rock, and sensed a faint shadow there outlined against the stars.†
Book 2
Definition:
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(vertical) oriented straight up and down
(When you are standing, you could be thought of as vertical. When lying down, you could be thought of as horizontal.)