hade

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hade - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hade \Hade\, v. i. (Mining)
     To deviate from the vertical; -- said of a vein, fault, or
     lode.
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  Hade \Hade\ (h[=a]d), n. [Cf. AS. heald inclined, bowed down, G.
     halde declivity.]
     1. The descent of a hill. [Obs.]
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     2. (Mining) The inclination or deviation from the vertical of
        any mineral vein.
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     3. (Geol. & Mining) The deviation of a fault plane from the
        vertical.
  
     Note: The direction of the hade is the direction toward which
           the fault plane descends from an intersecting vertical
           line.
           [Webster 1913 Suppl.]