Faulting

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Faulting \Fault"ing\, n. (Geol.)
     The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which
     a fault is produced.
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