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hade /hād, heɪd / Geology
noun the inclination of a mineral vein or fault from the vertical.
verb [no object] (of a shaft, vein, or fault) incline from the vertical:
it was hading eighteen inches for every fathom in depth.
– ORIGIN late 17th century : perhaps a dialect form of the verb head.
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