deasil

[ dee-zuh l ]
/ ˈdi zəl /

adverb Chiefly Scot.

clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
Compare withershins.

Origin of deasil

1765–75; < Scots Gaelic, Irish deiseal, MIr dessel, equivalent to dess right, south + sel turn, time; opposed in Ir to túaithbel

Words nearby deasil

dearborn heights, dearly, dearterialization, dearth, deary, deasil, death, death adder, death and taxes, certain as, death angel, death bell

British Dictionary definitions for deasil

deasil
/ (ˈdiːzəl, ˈdiːʃəl) Scot /

adverb

in the direction of the apparent course of the sun; clockwise

noun

motion in this direction
Compare withershins

Word Origin for deasil

C18: Scot Gaelic deiseil