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kilter
frame, order, condition. N. Hence HELTER-SKELTER, a corruption of HELTER, to hang, and KELTER, orde...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
(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.
frame, order, condition. N. Hence HELTER-SKELTER, a corruption of HELTER, to hang, and KELTER, orde...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose