adj.
   - neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; askew.
 - Mathematics  (of a pair of lines) neither parallel nor intersecting. 
▸(of a curve) not lying in a plane.
 - Statistics  (of a statistical distribution) not symmetrical.
 
n.
   - an oblique angle; a slant.
 - a bias towards one particular group or subject.
 - Statistics  the state of not being symmetrical.
 
v.
   - suddenly change direction or move at an angle.
 - make biased or distorted.
 - Statistics  cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.
 
 
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  ME: shortening of Old North. Fr. eskiuwer, var. of OFr. eschiver ‘eschew’.