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Meanings of sunwise in English

Opposite of widdershins.

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Usage of sunwise in English
1
The circuit used by the decorator of this box is dextral or sunwise.
Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 / Seventeenth Annual...
2
In rubbing for rheumatism, etc., rub from left to right (sunwise).
Current Superstitions / Collected from the Oral Tradition of Eng...
3
They are lighted at the burning cauldron and they dance round in the 'sunwise' direction, i.e.
Witchcraft Today
4
Blow three times, and rub sunwise three times.
Current Superstitions / Collected from the Oral Tradition of Eng...
5
He pointed to the tower to the left of the gate they were approaching, then in a sunwise circle.
The black prism
6
She may also dance sunwise around the circle, from the quarter corresponding to death, to that corresponding with birth, and, back again.
Drawing Down the Moon
7
The dance is enacted by dragging the left (lame foot) behind the right, and moving slowly, deosil or sunwise, round the circle.
Lid Off the Cauldron
Sunwise through the time