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HADE
Etymology 1
Noun
hade (plural hades)
(now, chiefly, dialectal, Scotland) State; order, estate, rank, degree, or quality.
Etymology 2
Verb
hade (third-person singular simple present hades, present participle hading, simple past and past participle haded)
(geology, mining) To slope or incline from the vertical.
Noun
hade (plural hades)
(geology) A slope; (in mining) the slope of a vein, fault or dike from the vertical; the complement of the dip.
Etymology 3
Noun
hade (plural hades)
(British, dialects, obsolete) A headland; a strip of land at the side of a field upon which a plough may be turned.
Anagrams
• -head, DHEA, Head, ahed, head
Source: Wiktionary
Hade, n. Etym: [Cf. heald inclined, bowed down, G. halde declivity.]
1. The descent of a hill. [Obs.]
2. (Mining)
Definition: The inclination or deviation from the vertical of any mineral vein.
Hade, v. i. (Mining)
Definition: To deviate from the vertical; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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