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Definition or meaning of the English word Skew
To start aside; to shy; as a horse. (v. i.). To throw or hurl obliquely. (adv.). A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable; the offset of a buttress; or the like; cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place. (n.). To look obliquely; to squint; hence; to look slightingly or suspiciously. (v. i.). To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely. (v. i.). Awry; obliquely; askew. (adv.). To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position. (adv.). Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical phrases. (a.). |
