WITHERSHINS
\wˈɪðəʃˌɪnz], \wˈɪðəʃˌɪnz], \w_ˈɪ_ð_ə_ʃ_ˌɪ_n_z]\
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WIDDERSHINS, with'-, wid'[.e]r-shinz, adv. (Scot.) in the contrary direction--to the left, contrary to the course of the sun, in the wrong way.--Also WIDD'ERSINS, WIDD'ERSINNIS. Cf. the Gaelic deiseil, to the right, going round in the way of the sun. [Widder- is the Ice. vithra, against (A.S. wither, Ger. wieder, Dut. weder); Sins is the adverbial genitive, from Ice. sinni, walk, movement, originally journey, cog. with A.S. sÃth, Goth. sinths, journey, Old High Ger. sind.]
By Thomas Davidson
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