(1):
(v. i.) To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.
(2):
(adv.) To throw or hurl obliquely.
(3):
(adv.) To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
(4):
(a.) Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; - chiefly used in technical phrases.
(5):
(v. i.) To start aside; to shy, as a horse.
(6):
(n.) 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.
(7):
(adv.) Awry; obliquely; askew.
(8):
(v. i.) To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.