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Definition of skew

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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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Askew :: Askew (adv. & a.) Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry..

Skew :: Skew (a.) Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical phrases.

Skewing :: Skewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ske.

Prickwood :: Prickwood (n.) A shrub (Euonymus Europaeus); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree..

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..

Skew :: Skew (adv.) To throw or hurl obliquely.

Prod :: Prod (n.) A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, etc..

Skewer :: Skewer (v. t.) To fasten with skewers.

Scroll :: Scroll (n.) Same as Skew surface. See under Skew.

Agley :: Agley (adv.) Aside; askew.

Prick :: Prick (v.) That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer..

Springer :: Springer (n.) The bottom stone of an arch, which lies on the impost. The skew back is one form of springer..

Skewered :: Skewered (imp. & p. p.) of Skewe.

Truss :: Truss (n.) To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body in cooking it..

Skewering :: Skewering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skewe.

Creel :: Creel (n.) A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule..

Skew :: Skew (adv.) To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.

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..

Skewer :: Skewer (n.) A pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting..