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əbˈskjuə

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  • askew — [ə skju:] adverb & adjective not in a straight or level position. Origin C16: from a 2 + skew …   English new terms dictionary

  • scutage — [ skju:tɪdʒ] noun (in a feudal society) money paid by a vassal to his lord in lieu of military service. Origin ME: from med. L. scutagium, from L. scutum shield …   English new terms dictionary

  • scute — [skju:t] noun Zoology a thickened horny or bony plate on a turtle s shell or on the back of a crocodile, stegosaurus, etc. Origin ME (denoting a coin): from L. scutum …   English new terms dictionary

  • scutum — [ skju:təm] noun (plural scuta tə) 1》 Zoology another term for scute. 2》 Entomology the second dorsal sclerite in each thoracic segment of an insect. Origin C18: from L., lit. oblong shield …   English new terms dictionary

  • skua — [ skju:ə] noun a large predatory seabird, chiefly brown, which pursues other birds to make them disgorge fish. [Catharacta skua (great skua), Stercorarius parasiticus (Arctic skua), and related species.] Origin C17: mod. L., from Faroese skúvur,… …   English new terms dictionary

  • askew — [əˈskjuː] adj not as straight as it should be …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • skewed — [skjuːd] adj 1) results or judgments that are skewed are not accurate because they have been affected by something 2) not straight …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • skewer — [ˈskjuːə] noun [C] a long thin piece of metal or wood that you stick through food to hold it while it cooks …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • skew — /skju / (say skyooh) verb (i) 1. to turn aside or swerve; take an oblique course. 2. to look obliquely; squint. 3. to drive a skewnail. –verb (t) 4. to give an oblique direction to; shape or form obliquely. 5. Carpentry to drive (a nail)… …  

  • skew arch — /ˈskju atʃ/ (say skyooh ahch) noun an arch whose axis is not perpendicular to the faces of its abutments, as where a railway crosses a road at an angle …  

  • skew-whiff — /skju ˈwɪf/ (say skyooh wif) adverb Colloquial askew: *squashed his face against hers so that one eye was twisted skew whiff and the lips pouted like a cod s. –d arcy niland, 1955. Also, skewiff. {British dialect, from skew + whiff} …  

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