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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Faulting \Fault"ing\, n. (Geol.) The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which a fault is produced. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] For that I will not fault thee. --Old Song. 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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