Fault

fa wit, n. Want; absence; lack; default; anything wanting, or that impairs excellence; a moral failing; an offense le serious than a crime; blunder; vice. (Geol. & Mining.) A displacement of to strata or veins at a fi ure, so that they are not conattinuous. (Hunting.) A lost scent, —v. t. To cause; to a fault or displacement in (strata or veins). — and Fault'y, -T, a. Containing, or guilty of, faults; imperfect; blamable. — Fault'le , a. Without fault; a blamele ; spotle ; perfect.