STEALING
Steal"ing, n.
1. The act of taking feloniously the personal property of another without his consent and knowledge; theft; larceny.
2. That which is stolen; stolen property; — chiefly used in the plural.
STEALINGLY
Steal"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: By stealing, or as by stealing, furtively, or by an invisible motion. Sir P. Sidney.
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.
STEALTHFUL
Stealth"ful, a.