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Meanings of widdershins in English

Russian
посолонь и противосолонь
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Term in English for counter-clockwise as relates to contrasting the apparent clockwise movement of the sun around the Earth when sighted down the North Pole.

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посолонь и противосолонь
Usage of widdershins in English
1
There's a hubble of the mothaship, whirlagig and widdershins around our rock.
Shadow of the Mothaship
2
She then used it to trace three circles around the massed stones, widdershins.
The Great Book of Amber
3
Then he turned and switched hands, making three slow circles widdershins.
Rogues
4
And it is for that that I dance widdershins.
Fables
5
Up until the wind funneled secret passages and chambers through his hair again, flipping it, parting it widdershins.
Pet Sematary
6
So as soon as the missiles were out of his hand, Gavin and Liv were sent spinning sharply widdershins.
The black prism
7
The way out is widdershins.
Charmed Life
8
Clockwise or widdershins, stopping after so many turns, in differing directions and numbers; derivatives budded from each corkscrew whorl.
Iron Council
9
Everything seems to be widdershins.
Kathleen
10
You have to go widdershins.
Charmed Life
11
He turned the cap widdershins.
Doctor Sleep
12
She spun it widdershins.
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
13
And I have a great mind to look up the old woman of that tale who must certainly be hereabout, dancing 'widdershins.'
Romance Island
14
I am wrapped around with chanting voices, circling through the darknesses without, as if of slow, gruff men that walk about me widdershins.
Voice of the Fire
15
I took a left, following the face of the hillside in a counterclockwise direction, also known as widdershins, in the parlance of the locals.
Turn coat
16
I started to outline the situation to Hassan i Sabbah X but the other joint came around, widdershins, and I took a drag on that.
The illuminatus! trilogy
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Translations for widdershins
Widdershins through the time