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Skew   Listen
verb
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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"Skew" Quotes from Famous Books



... now a bin in their salt water graves: always a savin and exceptin your ever exceptionable onnur, as in duty boundin. Whereby take me ritely, your onnurable onnur, I means nothink amiss. If thinks be a skew whift, why it be no fault of mine. It is always a savin and exceptin of your onnurable onnur: being as I be ready to glorify to the whole world of all your futur lovin kindness of blessins of praise, a done and a testified ...
— Anna St. Ives • Thomas Holcroft
... items, as witness Hammacher, Schlemmer and Company's catalogue of 1896.[24] Disston saws were a byword, and the impact of their exhibit at Philadelphia was still strong, as judged from Baldwin, Robbins' catalogue of 1894. Highly recommended was the Disston no. 76, the "Centennial" handsaw with its "skew back" and "apple handle." Jennings' patented auger bits were likewise standard fare in nearly every tool catalogue.[25] So were bench planes manufactured by companies that had been cited at Philadelphia for the excellence of their product; namely, The Metallic Plane Company, ...
— Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 • Peter C. Welsh


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


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