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withersins

withersins is the alternative form of widdershins.

Meaning of widdershins

Adverb

widdershins (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, now chiefly fantasy or witchcraft) Anticlockwise, counter-clockwise.
    • It is unlucky to walk widdershins around a church.
  2. (Scotland) The wrong way.

Questions about withersins

What is withersins the alternative form of?
Withersins is the alternative form of widdershins.

Words near withersins in the dictionary

  1. withers on the vine
  2. withersake
  3. withersakes
  4. Withersfield
  5. withershins
  6. withersins
  7. Witherslack
  8. Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha
  9. withersoever
  10. withersome
  11. Witherspoon

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