adv. Obs. rare. [f. WING sb. + -WISE.] In the manner of wings: used in quots. in reference to opposite (as distinguished from alternate) leaves.
1551. Turner, Herbal, I. K ij b. They [sc. leaves of Cicer] stand not wyngewyse, that is one ryght against another. Ibid. (1568), III. 33. Gratiola … The leaues growe wingwise by coples one against an other.
