\Skew\, adv. [Cf. D. scheef. Dan. ski?v, Sw. skef, Icel.
skeifr, G. schief, also E. shy, a. & v. i.]
Awry; obliquely; askew.

\Skew\, a.
Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; --
chiefly used in technical phrases.
{Skew arch}, an oblique arch. See under {Oblique}.
{Skew back}. (Civil Engin.)
(a) The course of masonry, the stone, or the iron plate,
    having an inclined face, which forms the abutment for the
    voussoirs of a segmental arch.
(b) A plate, cap, or shoe, having an inclined face to receive
    the nut of a diagonal brace, rod, or the end of an
    inclined strut, in a truss or frame.
{Skew bridge}. See under {Bridge}, n.
{Skew curve} (Geom.), a curve of double curvature, or a
   twisted curve. See {Plane curve}, under {Curve}.
{Skew gearing}, or {Skew bevel gearing} (Mach.), toothed
   gearing, generally resembling bevel gearing, for
   connecting two shafts that are neither parallel nor
   intersecting, and in which the teeth slant across the
   faces of the gears.
{Skew surface} (Geom.), a ruled surface such that in general
   two successive generating straight lines do not intersect;
   a warped surface; as, the helicoid is a skew surface.
{Skew symmetrical determinant} (Alg.), a determinant in which
   the elements in each column of the matrix are equal to the
   elements of the corresponding row of the matrix with the
   signs changed, as in (1), below. (1) 0 2 -3-2 0 53 -5 0
   (2) 4 -1 71 8 -2-7 2 1
Note: This requires that the numbers in the diagonal from the
      upper left to lower right corner be zeros. A like
      determinant in which the numbers in the diagonal are
      not zeros is a skew determinant, as in (2), above.

\Skew\, n. (Arch.)
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.

\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.

\Skew\, v. t. [See {Skew}, adv.]
1. To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an
   oblique position.
2. To throw or hurl obliquely.