Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hade"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Hade \Hade\, n. (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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Hade \Hade\, n. [Cf. heald inclined, bowed down, G. halde
declivity.]
1. The descent of a hill. [Obs.]

2. (Mining) The inclination or deviation from the vertical of
any mineral vein.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Hade \Hade\, v. i. (Mining)
To deviate from the vertical; -- said of a vein, fault, or
lode.


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