SKEWS

Something that has an oblique or slanted position.

An oblique or sideways movement.

A bias or distortion in a particular direction.

To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.

To bias or distort in a particular direction.

"A disproportionate number of female subjects in the study group skewed the results."

To hurl or throw.

A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place; a skew-corbel.

The coping of a gable.

One of the stones placed over the end of a gable, or forming the coping of a gable.