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.

To err; to blunder, to commit a fault; to do wrong.

In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the
seam; as, slate fault, dirt fault, etc.

To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to
blame.

A lost scent; act of losing the scent.

A dislocation of the strata of the vein.

Anything that fails, that is wanting, or that impairs
excellence; a failing; a defect; a blemish.

Defect; want; lack; default.

A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a
deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime.

Failure to serve the ball into the proper court.