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faulted, ppl. a.|ˈfɔːlt-, ˈfɒltɪd|
[f. fault n. and v. + -ed.]
Having faults.
1. Having faults of character, faulty.
1608Machin Dumb Knight iii. i. in Hazl. Dodsley X. 157 A maid so faulted seldom proves good wife.
2. Geol. Cf. fault n. 9.
1858Geikie Hist. Boulder xi. 228 The contorted and faulted strata. 1863Dana Man. Geol. 727 The inequality of the faulted parts of the veins. 1881E. Hull in Nature XXIII. 289 Durness limestone and its faulted position.
†3. Reproached as faulty, impugned. Obs.
1628Bp. Hall Old Relig. xvi. §2 (1633) 40 Our Saviour..tells him..That these faulted Traditions were of old. |