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Definition of Sunwise
1. adv. In the direction of the sun's apparent motion, or from the east southward and westward, and so around the circle; also, in the same direction as the movement of the hands of a watch lying face upward.
Definition of Sunwise
1. Adverb. (nonstandard) Clockwise. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sunwise
1. from left to right [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sunwise
Literary usage of Sunwise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and by William Shepard Walsh (1897)
"three miles, over ashes, crags, and lava of many different colors; and it is done
sunwise, with the right hand to the centre. Some of the pilgrims make a ..."
2. In the Hebrides by Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming (1883)
"Lonely Chapels—Blended Faiths—sunwise Turns—East and West Divination by Smoke--Touch
of a Seventh Son—The Royal Touch, a Cure for Scrofula—Burial of a ..."
3. In the Hebrides by Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming (1883)
"Lonely Chapels—Blended Faiths—sunwise Turns—East and West Divination by Smoke--Touch
of a Seventh Son—The Royal Touch, a Cure for Scrofula—Burial of a ..."
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