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deasil

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dea⋅sil

[dee-zuhl]
–adverb Chiefly Scot.
clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
Compare withershins.


Origin:
1765–75; < ScotGael, Ir deiseal, MIr dessel, equiv. to dess right, south + sel turn, time; opposed in Ir to túaithbel
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