SKEW
\skjˈuː], \skjˈuː], \s_k_j_ˈuː]\
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Awry; obliquely; askew.
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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.
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To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.
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To start aside; to shy, as a horse.
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To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
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To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
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To throw or hurl obliquely.
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Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; - chiefly used in technical phrases.
By Oddity Software
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Awry; obliquely; askew.
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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.
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To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.
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To start aside; to shy, as a horse.
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To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
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To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
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To throw or hurl obliquely.
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Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; - chiefly used in technical phrases.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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