KILTER
\kˈɪltə], \kˈɪltə], \k_ˈɪ_l_t_ə]\
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By Thomas Davidson
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(Used still in Suffolk.) Out of kilter, in a bad condition; out of shape. Halliwell notices the word kelter as provincial in England; and Barrow uses it with the prefixed "out of:" "If the organs of prayer are out of kelter, or out of tune, how can we pray?" (Barrow's Sermons).-Bartlett's Americanisms. See Kelter.
By Henry Percy Smith
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