释义 |
sunways, adv.|ˈsʌnweɪz| [f. sun n.1 + -ways; cf. sungates.] In the direction of the apparent daily movement of the sun, i.e. (in the northern hemisphere) from left to right; ‘with the sun’.
1774Shaw in Pennant Tour Scotl. in 1769 App. ii. 291 At marriages and baptisms they make a procession around the church, Deasoil, i.e. sunways. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xxvii. note, The deasil must be performed sunways, that is, by moving from right to left [sic]. |