"Long Jimmy," a big eater, asked him, "Shadrach, is the soup in good kelter?". From Wordnik.com. [Fisher's River (North Carolina) Scenes and Characters] Reference
Then the politicals are all out of kelter, one doesn't hardly know his own mind, and all are afraid of what is in another's. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret] Reference
The wheat's kernin 'somethin' cruel fine -- I awnly wish theer was more of it -- an 'the sheep an' cattle's in braave kelter likewise. From Wordnik.com. [Lying Prophets] Reference
She was a beautiful ship, in what we call "high kelter;" she seemed a living body, conscious of her own superior power over her opponents, whose shot she despised, as they fell thick and fast about her, while she deliberately took up an admirable position for battle. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer] Reference
The rest are in high kelter. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford] Reference
He put him in an old kelter coat. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of Lorn and the False Steward B] Reference
He put him in an old kelter coat, 85. From Wordnik.com. [The Lord of Lorn] Reference
By-the-way -- your perception of what constitutes "division" is WAY out of kelter. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
She was a beautiful ship, in what we call "high kelter;" she seemed a living body, conscious of her own superior power over her opponents, whose shot she despised, as they fell thick and fast about her, whilst she deliberately took up an admirable position for battle; and having furled her sails, and squared her yards, as if she had been at Spithead, her men came down from aloft, went to their guns, and opened such a fire on the enemy's ships and batteries as would have delighted the great Nelson himself, could he have been present. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Mildmay The Naval Officer] Reference
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