kiltern.¹

Brit.

/ˈkɪltə/, U.S.

/ˈkɪltər/

Forms:

α. 1500s– kilter.

β. 1600s– kelter.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown.Perhaps compare kilt v. (‘to tuck up’) and the related Danish kiltre to tuck up (18th cent.), Swedish regional kilter-band band for holding tucked up skirts around the waist (19th cent.). Perhaps compare also Scots kilt proper way of doing something, knack (1824). A suggested connection (via an otherwise unattested form skelter ) with the second element of helter-skelter adv. does not bear scrutiny:1780 West's Guide to Lakes (ed. 2) Addenda x. 289 Kelter, or skelter (a word almost forgot) means order as to arrangement, or condition as to body. Hence the phrase of people running helter skelter means running in despite of all order.Wright ( Eng. Dial. Dict. at Skelter) confirms the complete lack of evidence for skelter in this sense. The following isolated examples of kilter and kelter, respectively from Scotland and Wales, in slightly different senses (respectively ‘good cheer, entertainment’ and ‘great quantity, abundance’) probably show specific sense developments of the present word:1728 A. Ramsay Poems II. 107 Syne on my Four-hours Luntion chew'd my Cude, Sic Kilter pat me in a merry Mood.a1893 E. R. Morris in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1902) III. 415/2 [Montgomeryshire] Why surree! ina there a pretty kelter of nuts this year! In the 19th cent. chiefly colloquial and regional in British English. Eng. Dial. Dict. records the word in widespread use throughout England from Northumberland to Cornwall (predominantly in the form kelter), as well as from Newfoundland and the United States. The word was more frequent in U.S. English at this time (chiefly in the form kilter). As a result of U.S. influence kilter is now (since the mid 20th cent.) the usual form in all varieties of English. N.E.D. (1901) enters this under the double headword kelter, kilter, and gives these forms the respective pronunciations (ke·ltəɹ, ki·ltəɹ) /ˈkɛltə(r)/, /ˈkɪltə(r)/.

Good condition, order. Only in prepositional phrases, as in in kilter, into kilter, etc. (cf. also off-kilter adv. and adj.). Chiefly in out of kilter: out of alignment, balance, or harmony; in disarray; in poor condition.

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the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health

healOE

healthc1000

strengthOE

soundc1275

hailc1300

halec1330

quartc1330

liege poustie1340

plight1394

soundness1398

sanity?a1475

quartfulness1483

healthfulness?1535

symmetry?1541

flesh1548

good liking?1560

well-being1561

valetude1575

safeness1576

kilter1582

mens sana in corpore sanoc1605

eucrasy1607

sanitude1652

salubrity1654

wellness1654

healthiness1670

vegeteness1678

wholesome1738

haleness1815

able-bodiedness1857

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > in disorder [phrase]

at or on six and sevenOE

out of kinda1375

out of rulea1387

out of tonea1400

out of joint1415

out of nockc1520

out of tracea1529

out of order1530

out of tune1535

out of square1555

out of kilter1582

off the hinges?1608

out of (the) hinges?1608

in, out of gear1814

out of gearing1833

off the rails1848

on the bumc1870

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > [noun] > good or bad condition or order

point?c1225

plighta1375

waya1400

ply1443

ploy1477

abyss1548

order1569

kilter1582

trim1628

tilter1674

fettle?1748

kidney1763

fix1816

the world > relative properties > order > in (proper) order [phrase]

in point1481

in ordera1500

in tune1535

kilter1621

in punto1631

α.

1582 J. Ludham tr. R. Gwalther Homilies Joel f. 67 Is it necessarye that the riuers of heauenlye doctrine should flowe into the mindes of men being otherwise barren and out of kilter, to the end they may be made fitte for those thinges, that are prescribed vnto vs of the Lord.

1621 T. Taylor Parable of Sower & Seed 153 If we desire the Word should prosper in vs: doe as the good Husbandman, who would keepe his ground in good kilter, on which his seed is cast, or to be cast.

1681 in New Eng. Mag. (1898) June 450/1 The seats some burned and others out of kilter.

1753 S. Smythies Stage-coach II. 24 Aye, squire, that thing [sc. a statue] has been fixt in this spot I warrant you these hundred years; it was sadly out of kilter when I came to the estate.

1862 J. R. Lowell Lett. I. 359 I must rest awhile. My brain is out of kilter.

1883 J. Hawthorne Dust I. 16 There's something awkward here... A joint out of kilter perhaps.

1938 ‘E. Queen’ Four of Hearts (1939) xii. 173 Jack's death sort of knocked you out of kilter.

1960 M. Phillips in Analog Sci. Fact & Fiction Nov. 16/1 We've had some reports that some of the government machines are out of kilter, and I'd like you to go over them for me.

1974 Financial Times 23 Jan. 28/7 Dr. Kissinger has pledged himself to give a priority to putting Atlantic relations back into kilter.

2005 Campaign 11 Feb. 18/3 We are out of kilter with the rest of society.

β. 1606 S. Gardiner Bk. Angling 157 For if a clocke bee out of kelter and frame, I trowe the clock-keeper is more to bee blamed, than the clocke which is at his ordering?1643 R. Williams Key into Lang. Amer. 177 Their Gunnes they..often sell many a score to the English, when they are a little out of frame or Kelter.a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 201 If the organs of Prayer are out of kelter, or out of tune, how can we pray?1722 in Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1872) VI. 335 Mending, cleansing and keeping in good kelter the firelocks left with his Honour.1828 W. Scott Jrnl. 20 May (1941) 248 The rest are in high kelter.1834 Westm. Rev. Apr. 274 The forces are at this moment a little scattered, and may take that time to get them into kelter.1875 Contemp. Rev. 25 262 Some part of her internal economy is chronically out of kelter.1986 Humboldt Jrnl. Social Relations 13 103 The murder of Abel tells how the origins of humankind are out of kelter.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).

单词	kilter
释义	kiltern.¹ Brit. /ˈkɪltə/, U.S. /ˈkɪltər/ Forms: α. 1500s– kilter. β. 1600s– kelter. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown.Perhaps compare kilt v. (‘to tuck up’) and the related Danish kiltre to tuck up (18th cent.), Swedish regional kilter-band band for holding tucked up skirts around the waist (19th cent.). Perhaps compare also Scots kilt proper way of doing something, knack (1824). A suggested connection (via an otherwise unattested form skelter ) with the second element of helter-skelter adv. does not bear scrutiny:1780 West's Guide to Lakes (ed. 2) Addenda x. 289 Kelter, or skelter (a word almost forgot) means order as to arrangement, or condition as to body. Hence the phrase of people running helter skelter means running in despite of all order.Wright ( Eng. Dial. Dict. at Skelter) confirms the complete lack of evidence for skelter in this sense. The following isolated examples of kilter and kelter, respectively from Scotland and Wales, in slightly different senses (respectively ‘good cheer, entertainment’ and ‘great quantity, abundance’) probably show specific sense developments of the present word:1728 A. Ramsay Poems II. 107 Syne on my Four-hours Luntion chew'd my Cude, Sic Kilter pat me in a merry Mood.a1893 E. R. Morris in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1902) III. 415/2 [Montgomeryshire] Why surree! ina there a pretty kelter of nuts this year! In the 19th cent. chiefly colloquial and regional in British English. Eng. Dial. Dict. records the word in widespread use throughout England from Northumberland to Cornwall (predominantly in the form kelter), as well as from Newfoundland and the United States. The word was more frequent in U.S. English at this time (chiefly in the form kilter). As a result of U.S. influence kilter is now (since the mid 20th cent.) the usual form in all varieties of English. N.E.D. (1901) enters this under the double headword kelter, kilter, and gives these forms the respective pronunciations (ke·ltəɹ, ki·ltəɹ) /ˈkɛltə(r)/, /ˈkɪltə(r)/. Good condition, order. Only in prepositional phrases, as in in kilter, into kilter, etc. (cf. also off-kilter adv. and adj.). Chiefly in out of kilter: out of alignment, balance, or harmony; in disarray; in poor condition. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health healOE healthc1000 strengthOE soundc1275 hailc1300 halec1330 quartc1330 liege poustie1340 plight1394 soundness1398 sanity?a1475 quartfulness1483 healthfulness?1535 symmetry?1541 flesh1548 good liking?1560 well-being1561 valetude1575 safeness1576 kilter1582 mens sana in corpore sanoc1605 eucrasy1607 sanitude1652 salubrity1654 wellness1654 healthiness1670 vegeteness1678 wholesome1738 haleness1815 able-bodiedness1857 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > in disorder [phrase] at or on six and sevenOE out of kinda1375 out of rulea1387 out of tonea1400 out of joint1415 out of nockc1520 out of tracea1529 out of order1530 out of tune1535 out of square1555 out of kilter1582 off the hinges?1608 out of (the) hinges?1608 in, out of gear1814 out of gearing1833 off the rails1848 on the bumc1870 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > [noun] > good or bad condition or order point?c1225 plighta1375 waya1400 ply1443 ploy1477 abyss1548 order1569 kilter1582 trim1628 tilter1674 fettle?1748 kidney1763 fix1816 the world > relative properties > order > in (proper) order [phrase] in point1481 in ordera1500 in tune1535 kilter1621 in punto1631 α. 1582 J. Ludham tr. R. Gwalther Homilies Joel f. 67 Is it necessarye that the riuers of heauenlye doctrine should flowe into the mindes of men being otherwise barren and out of kilter, to the end they may be made fitte for those thinges, that are prescribed vnto vs of the Lord. 1621 T. Taylor Parable of Sower & Seed 153 If we desire the Word should prosper in vs: doe as the good Husbandman, who would keepe his ground in good kilter, on which his seed is cast, or to be cast. 1681 in New Eng. Mag. (1898) June 450/1 The seats some burned and others out of kilter. 1753 S. Smythies Stage-coach II. 24 Aye, squire, that thing [sc. a statue] has been fixt in this spot I warrant you these hundred years; it was sadly out of kilter when I came to the estate. 1862 J. R. Lowell Lett. I. 359 I must rest awhile. My brain is out of kilter. 1883 J. Hawthorne Dust I. 16 There's something awkward here... A joint out of kilter perhaps. 1938 ‘E. Queen’ Four of Hearts (1939) xii. 173 Jack's death sort of knocked you out of kilter. 1960 M. Phillips in Analog Sci. Fact & Fiction Nov. 16/1 We've had some reports that some of the government machines are out of kilter, and I'd like you to go over them for me. 1974 Financial Times 23 Jan. 28/7 Dr. Kissinger has pledged himself to give a priority to putting Atlantic relations back into kilter. 2005 Campaign 11 Feb. 18/3 We are out of kilter with the rest of society. β. 1606 S. Gardiner Bk. Angling 157 For if a clocke bee out of kelter and frame, I trowe the clock-keeper is more to bee blamed, than the clocke which is at his ordering?1643 R. Williams Key into Lang. Amer. 177 Their Gunnes they..often sell many a score to the English, when they are a little out of frame or Kelter.a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 201 If the organs of Prayer are out of kelter, or out of tune, how can we pray?1722 in Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1872) VI. 335 Mending, cleansing and keeping in good kelter the firelocks left with his Honour.1828 W. Scott Jrnl. 20 May (1941) 248 The rest are in high kelter.1834 Westm. Rev. Apr. 274 The forces are at this moment a little scattered, and may take that time to get them into kelter.1875 Contemp. Rev. 25 262 Some part of her internal economy is chronically out of kelter.1986 Humboldt Jrnl. Social Relations 13 103 The murder of Abel tells how the origins of humankind are out of kelter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). kiltern.² Brit. /ˈkɪltə/, U.S. /ˈkɪltər/ Etymology: probably variant of dialect kelter n.³ Poker. A hand consisting only of cards of little or no value. 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