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Webster 1913 Edition
Stealth
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
With steel invades the brother’s life by
stealth
. Dryden.
I told him of your
stealth
unto this wood. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Stealth
STEALTH
,Noun.
1.
The act of stealing; theft.The owner proveth the stealth to have been committed on him by such an outlaw.
2.
The thing stolen; as cabins that are dens to cover stealth. [Not in use.]3.
Secret act; clandestine practice; means unperceived employed to gain an object; way or manner not perceived; used in a good or bad sense.Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
The monarch blinded with desire of wealth, with steel invades the brothers life by stealth.