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(1):

(n.) A defective point in an electric circuit due to a crossing of the parts of the conductor, or to contact with another conductor or the earth, or to a break in the circuit.

(2):

(n.) A dislocation caused by a slipping of rock masses along a plane of facture; also, the dislocated structure resulting from such slipping.

(3):

(v. i.) To err; to blunder, to commit a fault; to do wrong.

(4):

(n.) Defect; want; lack; default.

(5):

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

(6):

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

(7):

(n.) A dislocation of the strata of the vein.

(8):

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

(9):

(n.) A lost scent; act of losing the scent.

(10):

(n.) Failure to serve the ball into the proper court.

(11):

(v. t.) 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.

(12):

(v. t.) To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to blame.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Fault'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/fault.html. 1828.
 
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