Available Definitions:
1) n. - Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.
2) n. - Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment.
3) v. i. - To fail; to become deficient.
4) v. t. - To injure; to damage.