Deasil

WORD OF THE DAY


deasil \ DEE-zil \ adv

Definition
: clockwise


Examples
The worshippers dance around the fire deasil, or sunwise.
"Three times we walked deasil around our central candle. By the third cycle I felt power flowing from Sky's fingers to mine, from my fingers to Alyce's."
— Cate Tiernan, Spellbound, 2001


Did You Know?
According to an old custom, you can bring someone good fortune by walking around the person clockwise three times while carrying a torch or candle.
In Scottish Gaelic, the word deiseil is used for the direction one walks in such a luck-bringing ritual. English speakers modified the spelling to deasil, and have used the word to describe clockwise motion in a variety of rituals