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Skew   Listen
verb
Skew  v. t.  
1.
To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
2.
To throw or hurl obliquely.





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"Skew" Quotes from Famous Books



... tried to fix the young man much as a cook fixes a roast with a skewer, to be put over the fire; but Courtland didn't skew. He just sat down indifferently and looked the man over; smiled pleasantly now and then, and listened; but he didn't give an inch. Even when the marvelous proposition was made to him which might change the whole course of ...
— The Witness • Grace Livingston Hill Lutz
... she affirmed, herself having seen ninety-nine winters, while Abigail had known but a paltry sixty-five, "yew allers go an' cut yer pity on the skew-gee. I don't see nothin' ter bawl an' beller erbout. I say that a'ny man what can't take kere o' himself, not ter mention his wife, should orter go ter ...
— Old Lady Number 31 • Louise Forsslund
... fixed to look downward vertically, and then variation up to 40 degrees can be got by the legs. Hold the camera in the right position, keeping the legs off the ground, and then drop the legs to find their own place; thus very skew positions can ...
— How to Observe in Archaeology • Various


Words linked to "Skew" :   inclined, skew-eyed, skew-whiff, align, skew correlation, skew arch, reorient


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