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单词 to stand or start widdershins
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to stand or start widdershins
1. In a direction opposite to the usual; the wrong way; to stand or start widdershins, (of the hair) to ‘stand on end’. Obsolete.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [adverb] > in direction opposite to usual
widdershins1513
backward1530
the world > life > the body > hair > horripilation > [verb (intransitive)]
bristle1480
to stick upa1500
to stand or start widdershins1513
upstart1513
starta1522
stare?1523
to start up1553
rousea1616
horripilate1623
stiver1790
uprise1827
upstare1886
the world > space > direction > [adverb] > in the opposite or reverse direction > in opposite direction to usual
widdershins1513
backward1530
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. xii. 26 Abaisit I wolx, and widdersyns start my hair.
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid Directioun of Buik 29 And on the bak half writis widdirsinnis Plentie of lesyngis.
a1585 P. Hume Flyting with Montgomerie (Tullibardine) vi. 40 in Poems A. Montgomerie (2000) I. 164 Hairis blavin widdersins abauk.
a1600 A. Montgomerie Sonnets xxxiii. 6 Sho..straikit bakuard wodershins my hair.
?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 376 Ane porter..to the bischop his blissing gave, Betuixt the schoulders a royall route, Turning him wodderschins about.
a1605 R. Bannatyne Memorials Trans. Scotl. (1836) 11 That will gar thair hartis trumbill, and thair hair stand widdirshynes.
1685 G. Sinclair Satans Invisible World Discovered 211 His hair standing Widdershins in his head.
1721 A. Ramsay I'll never leave Thee v The Starns shall gang withershins e'er I deceive thee.
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