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, Darker Superst. Scotl., x. (1834), 459. [He] yeid about his hous twys or thrys witherwardis.
