Definition of skew

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Skew (adv.) Awry; obliquely; askew.

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Skew :: Skew (adv.) To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
Agley :: Agley (adv.) Aside; askew.
Sideling :: Sideling (adv.) Sidelong; on the side; laterally; also, obliquely; askew..
Skewing :: Skewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ske.
Skew :: Skew (adv.) Awry; obliquely; askew.
Skewbald :: Skewbald (a.) Marked with spots and patches of white and some color other than black; -- usually distinguished from piebald, in which the colors are properly white and black. Said of horses..
Cabob :: Cabob (n.) A small piece of mutton or other meat roasted on a skewer; -- so called in Turkey and Persia.
Skew :: Skew (v. i.) To start aside; to shy, as a horse..
Askew :: Askew (adv. & a.) Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry..
Springer :: Springer (n.) The bottom stone of an arch, which lies on the impost. The skew back is one form of springer..
Creel :: Creel (n.) A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule..
Truss :: Truss (n.) To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body in cooking it..
Skue :: Skue (a. & n.) See Skew.
Skewed :: Skewed (imp. & p. p.) of Ske.
Skewer :: Skewer (n.) A pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting..
Scroll :: Scroll (n.) Same as Skew surface. See under Skew.
Skew :: Skew (v. i.) To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.
Skewered :: Skewered (imp. & p. p.) of Skewe.
Skew :: Skew (a.) Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical phrases.
Skew :: Skew (n.) 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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