Hade n.
1. The descent of a hill. [Obs.]
2. Mining The inclination or deviation from the vertical of any mineral vein.
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.
Hade, v. i. Mining To deviate from the vertical; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.
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