† witherwardsadv.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
= widdershins adv.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [adverb] > anticlockwise
widdershins1545
against the sun1584
witherwards1624
witherwise1643
anticlockwise1884
counterclockwise1885
1624 Orkney Witch Trial in J. Maidment Misc. Abbotsford Club (1837) I. 144 To..gang thryse woderwardis about the kow, and straik hir in the left syd.
1643 in Dalyell Superst. of Scot. (1834) 459 [He] yeid about his hous twys or thrys witherwardis.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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