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Definition of widdershins in English: widdershins(also withershins) adverbˈwɪdəʃɪnzˈwidərˌSHinz Scottish In a direction contrary to the sun's course, considered as unlucky; anticlockwise. 〈主苏格兰〉逆太阳方向地（常视为不吉利）；逆时针方向地 she danced widdershins around him Example sentencesExamples - Lets face it; I was not trapped inside a rickety old church with the dog running widdershins about it so I think I am safe.
- They started to move widdershins, or counter-clockwise.
- ‘Watch and learn,’ his friend replies enigmatically, before changing the clockwise finger-spin to widdershins.
- A halfhearted pit had formed, swirling widdershins in front of the stage.
- ‘My love then and his bonny ship turn'd withershins about’ - sing along now!
- He flew three times widdershins round the garden before stealing the gift of speech from Sister Sun, then escaped, laughing.
- These are all created by either a single point of applied pressure or a combination of pressure and motion (back and forwards within track, clockwise, withershins).
- There is something a bit skewed, a bit loopy about Lonergan people who wend their way through life widdershins, and Lonergan talk that is really front-stoop philosophizing.
- She didn't waken as Ander scooped her up in his arms, carried her down the wide staircase, then turned fully withershins so that he was facing the ship's forward quarters.
- He waved the Mistletoe three time widdershins around his head, said the sacred words and did the dance that only Witches and Druids know.
OriginEarly 16th century: from Middle Low German weddersins, from Middle High German widersinnes, from wider 'against' + sin 'direction'; the second element was associated with Scots sin 'sun'. Definition of widdershins in US English: widdershins(also withershins) adverbˈwidərˌSHinz Scottish In a direction contrary to the sun's course, considered as unlucky; counterclockwise. 〈主苏格兰〉逆太阳方向地（常视为不吉利）；逆时针方向地 she danced widdershins around him Example sentencesExamples - Lets face it; I was not trapped inside a rickety old church with the dog running widdershins about it so I think I am safe.
- ‘Watch and learn,’ his friend replies enigmatically, before changing the clockwise finger-spin to widdershins.
- They started to move widdershins, or counter-clockwise.
- A halfhearted pit had formed, swirling widdershins in front of the stage.
- He flew three times widdershins round the garden before stealing the gift of speech from Sister Sun, then escaped, laughing.
- She didn't waken as Ander scooped her up in his arms, carried her down the wide staircase, then turned fully withershins so that he was facing the ship's forward quarters.
- These are all created by either a single point of applied pressure or a combination of pressure and motion (back and forwards within track, clockwise, withershins).
- ‘My love then and his bonny ship turn'd withershins about’ - sing along now!
- There is something a bit skewed, a bit loopy about Lonergan people who wend their way through life widdershins, and Lonergan talk that is really front-stoop philosophizing.
- He waved the Mistletoe three time widdershins around his head, said the sacred words and did the dance that only Witches and Druids know.
OriginEarly 16th century: from Middle Low German weddersins, from Middle High German widersinnes, from wider ‘against’ + sin ‘direction’; the second element was associated with Scots sin ‘sun’. |