Definition of skew

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

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Skew :: Skew (adv.) To throw or hurl obliquely.
Skewed :: Skewed (imp. & p. p.) of Ske.
Skue :: Skue (a. & n.) See Skew.
Skew :: Skew (a.) Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical phrases.
Skew :: Skew (v. i.) To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.
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..
Truss :: Truss (n.) To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body in cooking it..
Skew :: Skew (v. i.) To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously..
Prod :: Prod (n.) A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, etc..
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.
Creel :: Creel (n.) A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule..
Skewer :: Skewer (v. t.) To fasten with skewers.
Skew :: Skew (adv.) To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
Askew :: Askew (adv. & a.) Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry..
Skewing :: Skewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ske.
Sideling :: Sideling (adv.) Sidelong; on the side; laterally; also, obliquely; askew..
Skewer :: Skewer (n.) A pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting..
Skewering :: Skewering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skewe.
Skewered :: Skewered (imp. & p. p.) of Skewe.
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