kilter

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

(Danish kilter, to gird.) 'To be not in kilter,' or, 'to be out of kilter,' is to be out of order; not ready; not in good condition.


If the organs of prayer are out of kilter, how can we pray?--Barrow's Sermons, Vol. I. p. 71.

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