dial. [In dialect use from Durham to S. Lincolnsh.] Rubbish; nonsense.
1
1847–78. in Halliwell.
2
1870. E. Peacock, Ralf Skirl., II. 48. Lookin’ at their tongues, feelin’ of their pulses, or ony such like kelter. Ibid., III. 78. What can a man like you want wi’ that kelter?
