skewed

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  1. Turned aside; distorted; awry. This skew'd eyed carrion. Fletcher, Wildgoose Chase, iv. 1.
  2. Skew-bald; piebald. The skewed goos, the brune goose as the white Is not fecounde. Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 26. Some be flybytten, Some skewed as a kytten. Skelton, Elynour Rummyng, l. 142.

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  • Her frame was skewed, and her engine was cracked in three places. —  FSFMagazine,July2007
  • "When the counts are skewed, the tally stone can help right them." —  F ;SF; - vol 092 issue 05 - May 1997
  • The inexorable needles broke and skewed, the dial faces fell awry, and Kirby smiled. —  Alpha Centauri Or Die - Leigh Brackett
  • As these frequencies are skewed, they cause distress. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • I watched the video link and found one of the questions the protesters kept asking to be skewed, agenda driven and close minded. —  portland indymedia - features
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  1. from Middle English skewed, skued; from skew + -ed.
 

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