v. i. (Mining) To deviate from the vertical; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. AS. heald inclined, bowed down, G. halde declivity. ] 1. The descent of a hill. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mining) The inclination or deviation from the vertical of any mineral vein. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Geol. & Mining) The deviation of a fault plane from the vertical.

☞ The direction of the hade is the direction toward which the fault plane descends from an intersecting vertical line. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. "a`,dhs, "A'idhs; 'a priv. + 'idei^n to see. Cf. Un-, Wit. ] The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave. [ 1913 Webster ]

And death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them. Rev. xx. 13 (Rev. Ver.). [ 1913 Webster ]

Neither was he left in Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. Acts ii. 31 (Rev. Ver.). [ 1913 Webster ]

And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments. Luke xvi. 23 (Rev. Ver.). [ 1913 Webster ]