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Fault \Fault\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Faulted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Faulting.]

1. To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to
blame. [Obs.]
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For that I will not fault thee. --Old Song.
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2. (Geol.) To interrupt the continuity of (rock strata) by
displacement along a plane of fracture; -- chiefly used in
the p. p.; as, the coal beds are badly faulted.
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Faulting \Fault"ing\, n. (Geol.)
The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which
a fault is produced.
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faulting
n 1: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the
displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they
built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the
faulting of the earth's crust" [syn: fault, faulting,
geological fault, shift, fracture, break]

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