"kelter" meaning in English

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          "word": "out of kelter"
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          "ref": "1851, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers",
          "text": "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.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1867, William Henry Smyth, The Sailor’s Word-Book",
          "text": "—All over, resemblance to a particular object, as a ship in bad kelter: \"she's a privateer all over.\"",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1910, Alexander Irvine, From the Bottom Up",
          "text": "It was intimated to me that such \"frivolousness\" was out of kelter with the profession of a Christian.",
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        "Archaic form of kilter (“(good) condition, form, or order; fettle”)."
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          "good",
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          "condition",
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        ],
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          "form",
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        ],
        [
          "order",
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          "fettle",
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        "(British dialectal, US, chiefly in the negative) Archaic form of kilter (“(good) condition, form, or order; fettle”)."
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1818, The Squib-Book, a collection of the addresses, songs, squibs, and other papers issued during the contested election at Liverpool, 1818 (page 14)",
          "text": "By Jove, says my Lord, all my money is flown, […] Pray say, have you got any kelter to spare?"
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        "Money."
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        "(obsolete, slang) Money."
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          "ref": "1851, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers",
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        },
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          "ref": "1867, William Henry Smyth, The Sailor’s Word-Book",
          "text": "—All over, resemblance to a particular object, as a ship in bad kelter: \"she's a privateer all over.\"",
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        },
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          "ref": "1910, Alexander Irvine, From the Bottom Up",
          "text": "It was intimated to me that such \"frivolousness\" was out of kelter with the profession of a Christian.",
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        "Archaic form of kilter (“(good) condition, form, or order; fettle”)."
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        "(British dialectal, US, chiefly in the negative) Archaic form of kilter (“(good) condition, form, or order; fettle”)."
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          "ref": "1818, The Squib-Book, a collection of the addresses, songs, squibs, and other papers issued during the contested election at Liverpool, 1818 (page 14)",
          "text": "By Jove, says my Lord, all my money is flown, […] Pray say, have you got any kelter to spare?"
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