in (good) kilter

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• kilter — (n.) in out of kilter (1620s) variant of English dialectal kelter (c.1600) good condition, order, of unknown origin …   Etymology dictionary

• kilter — [kil′tər] n. [< ?] Informal good condition; proper order: now chiefly in out of kilter …   English World dictionary

• kilter — /kil teuhr/, n. 1. good condition; order: The engine was out of kilter. 2. Poker. skeet2. [1630 40; var. of dial. kelter < ?] * * * …   Universalium

• kilter — noun /ˈkɪltə,ˈkɪltɚ/ Good form, order or condition; fettle Out of kilter …   Wiktionary

• kilter — kil•ter [[t]ˈkɪl tər[/t]] n. good condition; order: The engine was out of kilter[/ex] • Etymology: 1650–60, amer.; var. of dial. kelter, of obscure orig …   From formal English to slang

• kilter — /ˈkɪltə / (say kiltuh) phrase out of kilter, not functioning properly; not in good working order. Also, kelter. {17th century; origin unknown} …  

• kilter — A colloquial expression for good order or working condition of an instrumentality. See out of kilter …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• kilter — n. (also kelter) good working order (esp. out of kilter). Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn …   Useful english dictionary

• kilter —  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 …   A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

• kilter — n. working order, good condition …   English contemporary dictionary

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium