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kilter

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kil=ter

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun kilter has 1 sense

kilter(n = noun.state) kelter - in working order; "out of kilter"; "in good kilter"

is a kind of order, orderliness

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CIDE DICTIONARY

kilter, n. [Cf. Gael. & Ir. cealt clothes, Gael. cealltair spear, castle, cause, Prov. E. kilter tool, instrument. Cf. Kilt.].

Regular order or proper condition. Same as kelter, but kilter is the more common spelling in the U. S. Used chiefly in the phrase out of kilter, meaning out of order or irregular in some manner. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

kilter, n. (also kelter) good working order (esp. out of kilter).

Etymology

17th c.: orig. unkn.

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