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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: in working order; "out of kilter"; "in good kilter" [syn: kilter, kelter]
Merriam Webster's
noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1628 proper or usual state or condition; order< out of kilter >
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. (also kelter) good working order (esp. out of kilter). Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Kilter Kil"ter, n. See Kelter.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Kelter Kel"ter, n. [Cf. Gael. & Ir. cealt clothes, Gael. cealltair spear, castle, cause, Prov. E. kilter tool, instrument. Cf. Kilt.] Regular order or proper condition. [Written also kilter.] [>Colloq.] If the organs of prayer be out of kelter or out of tune, how can we pray? --Barrow.
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
1. If one thing is out of kilter with another, the first thing does not agree with or fit in with the second. Her lifestyle was out of kilter with her politics... PHRASE: oft v-link PHR with n 2. If something or someone is out of kilter or off kilter, they are not completely right. Ignoring feelings of tiredness knocks our body clocks out of kilter... PHRASE: oft v-link PHR
