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kilter
(Danish kilter, to gird.) 'To be not in kilter,' or, 'to be out of kilter,' is to be out of order; n...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
frame, order, condition. N.
Hence HELTER-SKELTER, a corruption of HELTER, to hang, and KELTER, order ; i. e. hang order, or in defiance of order. In good kelter, in good case or condition.
(Danish kilter, to gird.) 'To be not in kilter,' or, 'to be out of kilter,' is to be out of order; n...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.