Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Arraswise
Ar′ras·wise′ (ăr′ras·wīz′), Ar′ras·ways′, adv. [Prob. a corruption of arriswise. See Arris.] Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front; — said of a rectangular form. Encyc. Brit. Cussans.