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Skew v. i. (past & past part. skewed; pres. part. skewing)

1.

To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely. "Child, you must walk straight, without skewing."

2.

To start aside; to shy, as a horse. (Prov. Eng.)

3.

To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Skew" Quotes from Famous Books

... this country; and, at some future day, his merits will be, I trust, recorded on a monument, by the side of the benevolent Howard, in St. Paul's. Sir Richard Phillips is a modest, unostentatious man; he makes but little skew and parade; but the hand of oppression seldom bears heavily upon a fellow-citizen, that Sir Richard is not found, in some way or other, endeavoring to alleviate his distress. I speak feelingly, for my persecutions ...

— Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. Volume 2 • Henry Hunt

Words linked to "Skew" : skewed, skew arch, reorient, skew-whiff, inclined, skewness, skew correlation

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