These laces, ribbons, and these faules.
Herrick.
Fault (?), n. [OE. faut, faute, F. faute (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. falta),
fr. a verb meaning to want, fail, freq., fr. L. fallere to deceive. See
Fail, and cf. Default.] 1. Defect; want; lack; default.
One, it pleases me, for fault of a better, to call my friend.
Shak.
2. Anything that fails, that is wanting, or that impairs excellence; a
failing; a defect; a blemish.
As patches set upon a little breach Discredit more in hiding of the
fault.
Shak.
3. A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from
propriety; an offense less serious than a crime.
4. (Geol. & Mining) (a) A dislocation of the strata of the vein. (b) In
coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam; as,
slate fault, dirt fault, etc. Raymond.