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Meaning
Verb
●
In Architecture:
To look with the
eyes
partly
closed
,
as in
bright
sunlight
, or as a
threatening
expression.
●
To look or
glance
sideways.
●
To look with, or have
eyes
that are
turned in
different
directions
; to
suffer from
strabismus.
●
To have an
indirect
bearing
,
reference
, or
implication
; to have an
allusion
to, or
inclination
towards, something.
●
In Scottish English:
To be
not quite
straight
, off-centred; to
deviate
from a
true
line
; to
run
obliquely.
●
To
turn to
an
oblique
position
; to
direct
oblique
ly.
Noun
●
An
expression
in which the
eyes
are
partly
closed.
●
The look of
eyes
which are
turned in
different
directions
,
as in
strabismus.
●
A
quick
or sideways glance.
●
A
short
look; a peep.
●
A hagioscope.
●
The
angle
by which the
transmission
signal
is
offset
from the
normal
of a
phased
array
antenna.
Adj
●
In Eye & Vision:
Looking
obliquely
; having the
vision
distorted.
●
In Scottish English:
askew, not level
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