<span class="bold large">Had.es</span> <span class="medium">|ˈhādēz|</span> <span class="sans">Greek Mythology</span><br/>
<p class="paragraph">the underworld; the abode of the spirits of the dead.<br/>
• the god of the underworld, one of the sons of <a href="#cronus">Cronus</a>. Roman equivalent <span class="bold caps">Pluto</span>.</p><br/>
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DERIVATIVES<br/>
<span class="bold">Ha.de/an</span> <span class="medium">|ˈhādēən|</span> adjective<br/>
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ORIGIN from Greek <span class="bold italic">Haidēs</span>, of unknown origin.<br/>
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<span class="bold large">ha.de</span> <span class="medium">|hād|</span> <span class="sans">Geology</span><br/>
noun<br/>
the inclination of a mineral vein or fault from the vertical.<br/>
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verb [intrans.]<br/>
(of a shaft, vein, or fault) incline from the vertical: <span class="italic">it was hading eighteen inches for every fathom in depth.</span><br/>
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ORIGIN late 17th cent.: perhaps a dialect form of the verb <span class="bold caps">head</span>.<br/>