Meaning Of The Word Withershins

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withershins in American English
widdershins
adverb: in a direction contrary to the natural one, esp. contrary to the apparent course of the sun or counterclockwise: considered as unlucky or causing disaster

withershins in British English
adverb: in the direction contrary to the apparent course of the sun; anticlockwise

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