SKEW

I. verb see: eschew Date: 15th century intransitive verb to take an oblique course, to look askance, transitive verb to make, set, or cut on the ~, to distort especially from a true value or symmetrical form , II. adjective Date: 1609 set, placed, or running obliquely ; slanting, more developed on one side or in one direction than another ; not symmetrical, III. noun Date: 1688 a deviation from a straight line ; slant