SKEWS

noun

1. Something that has an oblique or slanted position.
2. An oblique or sideways movement.
3. A bias or distortion in a particular direction.

verb

1. To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
2. To bias or distort in a particular direction.
3. To hurl or throw.

noun

1. 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.
2. The coping of a gable.
3. One of the stones placed over the end of a gable, or forming the coping of a gable.