Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical phrases.
source: Webster 1913
noun
A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place.
source: Webster 1913
adverb
Awry; obliquely; askew.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
having an oblique or slanting direction or position
The picture was skew.
source: WordNet 3.0
verb
turn or place at an angle
The lines on the sheet of paper are skewed.
source: WordNet 3.0
To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.
source: Webster 1913
To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
