faultingn.
/ˈfɔːltɪŋ//ˈfɒltɪŋ/ 1. The action of fault v. in various senses; an instance of this. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun]
wanspeedc893
defaulta1387
unspeeda1400
faultingc1450
fail1477
defallation1490
ill, evil ch(i)eving?1518
misproving1542
defection1576
unsuccessa1586
defailance1603
abortiveness1611
defailment1612
ill success1615
failancea1627
unprosperitya1628
mis-success1641
successlessness1642
insuccess1646
intercision1647
failure1648
insuccessfulness1648
unprosperousness1648
defaillancy1649
unsuccessfulness1656
missucceedinga1661
non-success1665
defailurea1677
miscarrying1736
throwdown1887
short circuit1937
Palookaville?1954
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun]
faultingc1450
animadversion1599
criticism1607
reflection1636
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [noun] > action of erring
mistakinga1400
forvayingc1430
faultingc1450
erring1483
tripping1594
stumble1641
c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. lix Nature compleineþ sone of fautyng & of greuaunce.
1622 W. Whately Gods Husbandry (new ed.) ii. xiv. 127 Some grosse outward faultings therein.
a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) vii. 167 His faulting of the Translation..doth not at all commend his skill in the Original.
1679 King in G. Hickes Spirit of Popery (1680) 50 So much silence and fauting even amongst Ministers.
2. Geology. The process of producing faults, dislocation of strata; an instance of this.
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1849 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Geol. (1850) xiii. 574 In the faulting of a rock.
1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 345 The most wonderful shiftings and faultings of the beds are observable.
1905 T. C. Chamberlin & R. D. Salisbury Geol. I. 496 Faulting is probably one of the common causes of earthquakes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
faultingadj.
/ˈfɔːltɪŋ//ˈfɒltɪŋ/ That faults.
a. That commits faults.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [adjective]
erringa1340
overseena1393
willa1400
out of one's book (also books)1549
straying1553
faulting1566
deceived1569
seek1569
tripping1577
amiss1582
mistaking1582
naught1597
errant1609
solecistical1654
solecismical1656
wrong1695
solecistic1865
1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. Pref. sig. ¶¶ijv Faulting foles and youthly heades.
b. That is at fault. See fault n. 8.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [adjective] > of sporting or hunting dog
working1577
flying1684
pointing1745
faulting1837
short-running1853
short-working1853
gun-shy1884
trencher-fed1887
trial-bred1948
1837 R. Browning Strafford iv. ii. 95 Pym's faulting bloodhounds scent the track again!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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