† ˈwitherwards, adv. Sc. Obs. rare.
[f. wither-1 + -wards.]
= withershins.
| 1624 Orkney Witch Trial in Abbotsford Club Misc. I. 144 To..gang thryse woderwardis about the kow, and straik hir in the left syd. 1643 in Dalyell Superst. of Scot. (1834) 459 [He] yeid about his hous twys or thrys witherwardis. |