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.]
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For that I will not fault thee. --Old Song.
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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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