from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.]