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dea•sil  (dē′zəl),USA pronunciation adv. [Chiefly Scot.]
  1. Scottish Termsclockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious. Cf. withershins.
  • Scots Gaelic, Irish deiseal, Middle Irish dessel, equivalent. to dess right, south + sel turn, time; opposed in Irish to túaithbel
  • 1765–75

'deasil' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
withershins

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