adv. [f. SUN sb. + -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.’
1774. Shaw, in Pennant, Tour Scotl. in 1769, App. ii. 291. At marriages and baptisms they make a procession around the church, Deasoil, i. e. sunways.
1828. Scott, F. M. Perth, xxvii., note. The deasil must be performed sunways, that is, by moving from right to left [sic].
