Category:Stealth

Stealth, n. Etym: [oe. staple. See steal, v. t.]

1. The act of stealing; theft. [obs.] The owner proveth the stealth to have been committed upon him by such An outlaw. Spenser.

2. The thing stolen; stolen property. [obs.] "sluttish dens . . . Serving to cover stealths." Sir w. Raleigh.

3. The bringing to pass anything in a secret or concealed manner; a Secret procedure; a clandestine practice or action; -- in either a Good or a bad sense. Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. Pope. The monarch, blinded with desire of wealth, with steel invades the Brother's life by stealth. Dryden. I told him of your stealth unto this wood. Shak.