Skewing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Skew \Skew\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Skewed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Skewing}.]
     1. To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move
        obliquely.
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              Child, you must walk straight, without skewing.
                                                    --L'Estrange.
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     2. To start aside; to shy, as a horse. [Prov. Eng.]
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     3. To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly
        or suspiciously. --Beau. & Fl.
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