awry; obliquely; askew.-turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical phrases.-a stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place.-to walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.-to start aside; to shy, as a horse.-to look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.-to shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.-to throw or hurl obliquely.