Date: 2018-11-24 04:15 am (UTC)
flwyd: (sun mass incandescant gas)
From: [personal profile] flwyd
MW and Wiktionary cite deasil as having roots in 1770s Scots Gaelic and meaning clockwise. I'm not sure how extensively it was used in English.

I once heard someone say "We'll move counter-widdershins," which I pointed out meant "countercounterclockwise."
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