FAULT
ADJECTIVES
► FAULT-SURE conscious of one’s faults or shortcomings → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TARRED WITH THE SAME BRUSH stained with the same or similar faults or obnoxious qualities, corrupt → 1823
► TARRED WITH THE SAME STICK stained with the same or similar faults or obnoxious qualities, corrupt → 1818
INTERJECTIONS
► BLACK’S YOUR EYE! you are at fault, you are guilty → 15C
NOUNS
► AMISS an error; a fault; a misdeed → L15 obs.
► BLAIN a fault; a blemish; a scar; discolouration of skin after a sore → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLENCH a fault → 1790 Eng. dial.
► BY-SLIP a casual or trivial fault → 1612 obs.
► CLINKER a mistake or fault, esp. a wrong note in music → US & Can. sl.
► CRAB a finding fault; an adverse criticism or objection → 1893 colloq.
► CULP ► CULPE blameworthiness; guilt, sin, fault, blame → 1377 obs.
► CULPATION a blaming, a finding fault → 1727 obs.
► DEFAULT a failure in duty; a wrong act or deed; a fault, misdeed, offence → a1225 obs.
► GALL a fault, an imperfection; a defect in a tree → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► IMPERFECTIVE an imperfection, a defect, a fault, a blemish → 1601 obs.
► LAST a fault, vice, sin; blame; also, a physical blemish → c1175 obs.
► MAR a fault; a defect; an impediment → 1551 obs. exc. Sc.
► MISS a fault, a defect, a mistake → 1787 Sc. obs.
► OFFENCE a fault, a blemish → 1567 obs.
► OFFENSION hurt, injury, damage; displeasure, annoyance; what is offensive or causes disgust; wrong-doing, misdeed; fault → c1374 obs.
► PECCADILLIE a minor fault or sin; a trivial offense, a petty crime → 1660 obs.
► SMIRCH a moral stain or flaw; a blot or blemish; a fault or defect → 1862
► TACHE a moral spot or blemish; a fault or vice; a bad quality or habit → c1330 obs.
► VENIAL a venial sin or offense; a light fault or error → c1380 obs.
► WANE lack, fault, defect → a1000 obs.
► WANT a defect, failing, fault; a shortcoming → 1592 obs.
PHRASES
► EVERY BEAN HAS ITS BLACK everyone has his faults or failings → a1624
VERBS
► FAULTER to perceive or discover a blemish or fault → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HARM to dwell upon a trifling fault or misfortune, continually upbraiding the defaulter or sufferer → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► RECKON ONE’S REAM PENNIES to confess one’s faults → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► UPTRIP to cause someone to make a mistake or commit a fault → 1856 Amer. dial.
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