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adverb Chiefly Scot.
in a direction contrary to the natural one, especially contrary to the apparent course of the sun or counterclockwise: considered as unlucky or causing disaster.
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Withershins
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| withershins or widdershins (ˈwɪðəˌʃɪnz, Scottish ˈwɪðər-) | |
| —adv | |
| 1. | in the direction contrary to the apparent course of the sun; anticlockwise |
| 2. | Compare deasil in a direction contrary to the usual; in the wrong direction |
| [C16: from Middle Low German weddersinnes, from Middle High German, literally: opposite course, from wider against + sinnes, genitive of sin course] | |
| widdershins or widdershins | |
| —adv | |
| [C16: from Middle Low German weddersinnes, from Middle High German, literally: opposite course, from wider against + sinnes, genitive of sin course] | |
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