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See Kilt, n. Jamieson.

r or proper condition. [Written also kilter.] [Colloq.] If the organs of prayer be out of kelter or out of tune, how can we pray Barrow.

Same as Celtic, a. & n.

In hurry and confusion; without definite purpose; irregularly. [Colloq.] Helter-skelter have I rode to thee. Shak. A wistaria vine running helter-skelter across the roof. J. C. Harris.

To run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry; -- with away or off. [Colloq.] A. R. Wallace.

To daunt; to subdue; to mitigate. [Obs.] Skelton.

High-sounding; lofty or pompous. Skelton.

Mere spiritedness or courage. [Obs.] Skelton. Such as give some proof of animosity, audacity, and execution, those she [the crocodile] loveth. Holland.

To direct. [Obs.] My supplication to you I arrect. Skelton.

Golden; gilded. Skelton.

To pour (beer or wine); to ply with drink; to drink; to carouse. [Obs. or Dial.] Skelton.

r, on bridles, saddles, etc. [Obs.] The clasps and bullions were worth a thousand pound. Skelton.

To go; to direct one's course. [Obs.] Ye might have busked you to Huntly banks. Skelton.

Awry. [Obs.] Skelton.

eland, Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, and the northern shores of France. [Written also Kelt. The letter C was pronounced hard in Celtic languages.]

or pertaining to the Celts; as, Celtic people, tribes, literature, tongue. [Written also Keltic.]

Shaped like a club; grasped like, or used as, a club. Skelton.

Topollute. [Obs.] Skelton.

scrinkled to and fro. Chaucer. Her face all bowsy, Comely crinkled, Wondrously wrinkled. Skelton. The flames through all the casements pushing forth, Like red-not devils crinkled into snakes. Mrs. Browning.

Demeanor. [Obs.] Skelton.