'Hade' definitions:
Definition of 'Hade'
From: GCIDE
- Hade \Hade\ (h[=a]d), n. [Cf. AS. heald inclined, bowed down, G. halde declivity.]
- 1. The descent of a hill. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mining) The inclination or deviation from the vertical of any mineral vein. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Hade'
From: GCIDE
- Hade \Hade\, v. i. (Mining) To deviate from the vertical; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode. [1913 Webster]