WIDDERSHINS

[wid.der.shins] adv [MLG weddersinnes, fr. MHG widersinnes, fr. widersinnen to go against, fr. wider back against (fr. OHG widar) + sinnen to travel, go; akin to OHG sendan to send--more at with, send] (1513): in a left-handed, wrong, or contrary direction: counterclockwise--compare deasil