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Faulting   /fˈɔltɪŋ/   Listen
noun
Faulting  n.  (Geol.) The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which a fault is produced.



verb
Fault  v. t.  (past & past part. faulted; pres. part. faulting)  
1.
To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to blame. (Obs.) "For that I will not fault thee."
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.



Fault  v. i.  To err; to blunder, to commit a fault; to do wrong. (Obs.) "If after Samuel's death the people had asked of God a king, they had not faulted."






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"Faulting" Quotes from Famous Books



... lamenting, and Ethne went with them to where the curragh was. And Brian got into it, and he said: "There is place but for one other person along with me here." And he began to find fault with its narrowness. "You ought not to be faulting the curragh," said Ethne; "and O my dear brother," she said, "it was a bad thing you did, to kill the father of Lugh of the Long Hand; and whatever harm may come to you from it, it is but just." "Do not say that, Ethne," they said, "for we are in good heart, and ...
— Gods and Fighting Men • Lady I. A. Gregory

... Catoctin Belt is anticlinal. On its core appear the oldest rocks; on its borders, those of medium age; and in adjacent provinces the younger rocks. In the location of its system of faulting, also, it faithfully follows the Appalachian law that faults lie upon the steep side ...
— History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia • James W. Head

... own. On this, sage Aesop gives a tale or two, As in my verses I propose to do. A field in common share A partridge and a hare, And live in peaceful state, Till, woeful to relate! The hunters' mingled cry Compels the hare to fly. He hurries to his fort, And spoils almost the sport By faulting every hound That yelps upon the ground. At last his reeking heat Betrays his snug retreat. Old Tray, with philosophic nose, Snuffs carefully, and grows So certain, that he cries, 'The hare is here; bow wow!' And veteran Ranger now,— The dog that never lies,— 'The hare is gone,' ...
— The Fables of La Fontaine - A New Edition, With Notes • Jean de La Fontaine

... part of the group and attains an elevation of 5344 ft. Other noted peaks are M'Intyre (5210 ft,), Haystack (4918), Dix (4916) and Whiteface (4871). These mountains, consisting of various sorts of gneiss, intrusive granite and gabbro, have been formed partly by faulting but mainly by erosion, the lines of which have been determined by the presence of faults or the presence of relatively soft rocks. Lower Palaeozoic strata lap up on to the crystalline rocks on all sides of the mountain group. ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia



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