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Widdershins — (sometimes withershins, widershins or widderschynnes) means to take a course opposite that of the sun, going counterclock wise, lefthandwise, or to circle an object, by always keeping it on the left.cite book | last = Ellis | first = Peter |… … Wikipedia
deasil — adverb Etymology: Scottish Gaelic deiseil, from Middle Irish dessel, from Old Irish dess right, south + sel turn; akin to Latin dexter right hand more at dexter Date: 1771 clockwise compare widdershins … New Collegiate Dictionary
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deasil — (adj.) rightwise, turned toward the right, 1771, from Gael. deiseil (adj. and adv.), from deas right hand, south, cognate with O.Ir. dess, Welsh dehau, and ultimately with L. dexter (see DEXTERITY (Cf. dexterity)). The second element of the… … Etymology dictionary
deasil — adv. Sc. in the direction of the sun s apparent course (considered as lucky); clockwise. Etymology: Gael. deiseil … Useful english dictionary
