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English Dictionary: skewing by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Skew \Skew\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Skewed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Skewing}.]
      1. To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move
            obliquely.
  
                     Child, you must walk straight, without skewing.
                                                                              --L'Estrange.
  
      2. To start aside; to shy, as a horse. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      3. To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly
            or suspiciously. --Beau. & Fl.
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