hade /heɪd/noun 3verb 1forms 3 noun3 •A slope; (in mining) the slope of a vein, fault or dike from the vertical; the complement of the dip.The thick and well-growne fogge doth matt my smoother shades, And on the lower Leas, as on the higher Hades The daintie Clover growes (of grass the onely silke) — 1612 •(dialect, Scotland) State; order, estate, rank, degree, or quality.And I tolde the of the good hade of my God which was vpo me: — 1838 •(dialect, no longer used) A headland; a strip of land at the side of a field upon which a plough may be turned.… certeine arable landes some of them havinge hades of meadow and grasse grounde lieinge in the Southe fielde of Einsham. — 1615 verb1 •To slope or incline from the vertical.It was found, however, that where the coal haded away from the floor towards the face, as in Fig. 2(6), [...] — 1935 formshaded · hading · hades
