Dictionary entry

Stealth

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Stealth (stĕlth), n. [OE. stalþe. See Steal, v. t.] 1. The act of stealing; theft.

The owner proveth the stealth to have been committed upon him by such an outlaw. Spenser.

2. The thing stolen; stolen property. “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.