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FAULT, n. [See Fail.] 1. Properly, an erring or missing; a failing; hence, an error or mistake; a blunder; a defect; a blemish; whatever impairs excellence; applied to things.2. In morals or deportment, any error or defect; an imperfection; any deviation from propriety; a slight offense; a neglect of duty or propriety, resulting from inattention or want of prudence, rather than from design to injure or offend, but liable to censure or objection.I do remember my faults this day. Gen. 41.If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye who are spiritual, restore such as one in the spirit of meekness. Gal. 6.Fault implies wrong, and often some degree of criminality.3. Defect; want; absence. [Not now used. See Default.]I could tell to thee, as to one if pleases me, for fault of a better to call my friend.4. Puzzle; difficulty.Among sportsmen, when dogs lose the scent, they are said to be at fault. Hence the phrase, the inquirer is at fault.5. In mining, a fissure in strata, causing a dislocation of the same, and thus interrupting the course of veins.To find fault, to express blame; to complain.Thou wilt say then, why doth he yet find fault? Rom 9.To find fault with, to blame; to censure; as, to find fault with the times, or with a neighbor's conduct.FAULT, v.i. To fail; to be wrong. [Not used.] FAULT, v.t. To charge with a fault; to accuse. For that I will not fault thee.
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FAULT, n. [See Fail.] 1. Properly, an erring or missing; a failing; hence, an error or mistake; a blunder; a defect; a blemish; whatever impairs excellence; applied to things.2. In morals or deportment, any error or defect; an imperfection; any deviation from propriety; a slight offense; a neglect of duty or propriety, resulting from inattention or want of prudence, rather than from design to injure or offend, but liable to censure or objection.I do remember my faults this day. Gen. 41.If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye who are spiritual, restore such as one in the spirit of meekness. Gal. 6.Fault implies wrong, and often some degree of criminality.3. Defect; want; absence. [Not now used. See Default.]I could tell to thee, as to one if pleases me, for fault of a better to call my friend.4. Puzzle; difficulty.Among sportsmen, when dogs lose the scent, they are said to be at fault. Hence the phrase, the inquirer is at fault.5. In mining, a fissure in strata, causing a dislocation of the same, and thus interrupting the course of veins.To find fault, to express blame; to complain.Thou wilt say then, why doth he yet find fault? Rom 9.To find fault with, to blame; to censure; as, to find fault with the times, or with a neighbor's conduct.FAULT, v.i. To fail; to be wrong. [Not used.] FAULT, v.t. To charge with a fault; to accuse. For that I will not fault thee. | FAULT, n. [Fr. faute for faulte; Sp. falta; Port. id.; It. fallo; from fail. See Fail.]- Properly, an erring or missing; a failing; hence, an error or mistake; a blunder; a defect; a blemish; whatever impairs excellence: applied to things.
- In morals or deportment, any error or defect; an imperfection; any deviation from propriety; a slight offense; a neglect of duty or propriety, resulting from inattention or want of prudence, rather than from design to injure or offend, but liable to censure or objection.
I do remember my faults this day. Gen. xii.
If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye, who are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness. Gat. vi.
Fault implies wrong, and often some degree of criminality.
- Defect; want; absence. [Not now used. See Default.]
I could tell to thee, as to one it pleases me, for fault of a better, to call my friend. Shak.
- Puzzle; difficulty.
Among sportsmen, when dogs lose the scent, they are said to be at fault. Hence the phrase, the inquirer is at fault.
- In mining, a fissure in strata, causing a dislocation of the same, and thus interrupting the course of veins. Cyc.
To find fault, to express blame; to complain.
Thou wilt say then, why doth he yet find fault? Rom. ix.
To find fault with, to blame; to censure; as, to find fault with the times, or with a neighbor's conduct.
FAULT, v.i.To fail; to be wrong. [Not used.] Spenser. FAULT, v.t.To charge with a fault; to accuse.
For that I will not fault thee. Old Song. | Fault
- Defect] want; lack; default.
- To charge with a fault] to
accuse; to find fault with; to blame.
- To err; to blunder,
to commit a fault; to do wrong.
- 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.
- Anything that fails, that is wanting, or
that impairs excellence; a failing; a defect; a blemish.
- 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.
- A dislocation
caused by a slipping of rock masses along a plane of facture] also,
the dislocated structure resulting from such slipping.
- A moral failing; a defect or dereliction
from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a
crime.
- A dislocation of the strata of the vein.
- A lost scent; act of
losing the scent.
- Failure to serve the ball
into the proper court.
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Fault FAULT, noun [See Fail.] 1. Properly, an erring or missing; a failing; hence, an error or mistake; a blunder; a defect; a blemish; whatever impairs excellence; applied to things. 2. In morals or deportment, any error or defect; an imperfection; any deviation from propriety; a slight offense; a neglect of duty or propriety, resulting from inattention or want of prudence, rather than from design to injure or offend, but liable to censure or objection. I do remember my faults this day. Genesis 41:9. If a man be overtaken in a fault ye who are spiritual, restore such as one in the spirit of meekness. Galatians 6:1. FAULT implies wrong, and often some degree of criminality. 3. Defect; want; absence. [Not now used. See Default.] I could tell to thee, as to one if pleases me, for fault of a better to call my friend. 4. Puzzle; difficulty. Among sportsmen, when dogs lose the scent, they are said to be at fault Hence the phrase, the inquirer is at fault 5. In mining, a fissure in strata, causing a dislocation of the same, and thus interrupting the course of veins. To find fault to express blame; to complain. Thou wilt say then, why doth he yet find fault? Romans 9:19. To find fault with, to blame; to censure; as, to find fault with the times, or with a neighbor's conduct. FAULT, verb intransitive To fail; to be wrong. [Not used.] FAULT, verb transitive To charge with a fault; to accuse. For that I will not fault thee.
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