kelter

English

Noun

kelter (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of kilter meaning order or balance
    • 1851, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers‎:
      Fiscal--Something has been out of kelter at Washington these two years with regard to the rigid application of appropriations, at least in the Indian Department.
    • 1867, William Henry Smyth, The Sailor's Word-Book‎:
      --All over, resemblance to a particular object, as a ship in bad kelter: "she's a privateer all over."
    • 1910, Alexander Irvine, From the Bottom Up‎:
      It was intimated to me that such "frivolousness" was out of kelter with the profession of a Christian.
  2. In a card game, a hand of cards which is useless; a dead man's hand
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