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

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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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