Both Uses
vertical
in
Misery, by Stephen King
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- Every time the clock chimed he made a mark on his arm, four vertical marks and then a diagonal slash to seal the quintet.†
Chpt 1 *vertical = straight up and down
- Now she was holding the cross like a spear, the dirt darkened point of its vertical post pointed squarely at the trooper's back.†
Chpt 3
Definitions:
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(1)
(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.) - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)