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noun Geology.

a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.

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You never cared—you were too proud to care; and when I spoke to you about my fault, you did n't even know what I meant.
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De Robeck agrees that we don't know enough yet to warrant us in fault-finding or intervention.
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The heir apparent and his brothers were cowering in fear, afraid to strike, yet hoping that others would strike for them.
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At other times they have a dreadful look of being fibs invented for the purpose of covering a fault.
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The French Railroads are better in this respect, and the American cannot be worse, though the fault is not unknown there.
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British Dictionary definitions for strike fault

strike fault

noun

a fault that runs parallel to the strike of the affected rocks

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