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skew

1. skew \'skyu:\ vb [ME skewen to escape, skew, fr. ONF escuer to shun, of 
   Gmc origin;]akin to OHG sciuhen to frighten off - more at SHY 1: to take an 
   oblique course : SWERVE  2: to look askance : SQUINT  1: to make, set, or 
   cut on the skew  2: to distort from a true value or symmetrical form {~ed 
   sta tistical data}
2. skew aj 1: set, placed, or running obliquely : SLANTING  2: more 
   developed on one side or in one direction than another : not sym metrical
3. skew n : a deviation from a straight line : SLANT