withershins

/with-er-shinz/US // ˈwɪð ərˌʃɪnz //UK // (ˈwɪðəˌʃɪnz, Scottish ˈwɪðər-) //

肩胛骨,肩胛骨骨架,肩章,肩胛骨骨折

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb

1
Chiefly Scot.
- : in a direction contrary to the natural one, especially contrary to the apparent course of the sun or counterclockwise: considered as unlucky or causing disaster.

Having arrived at their rendezvous, they danced round it ‘withershins’—that is, in reverse of the apparent motion of the sun.
It is a rough insulated mass, of considerable dimensions, and it is held unlucky to ride thrice withershins around it.
But this is telling our tale "withershins about," as they say in Netherby.
Mr. German Doustercivil, the agent at Glen-Withershins mining-works.
To go round the person in the opposite direction, or “withershins,” is an evil incantation and brings ill-fortune.