stealth, stelth, stelthe

[Eng. steal; -th; Icel. staldr; Dan.styld; Sw.stöld.] *1. The act of stealing. "The owner proveth the stealth to have been committed upon him by such an outlaw, and to have been found in the po e ion of the prisoner."-Spenser: State of Ire. land. IMG:content-0246.png:[blocks in formation] *3. A going secretly; clandestine or furtive motion. "Your stealth unto this wood." Shakesp.: Midsummer Night's Dream, iii. 2. 4. Secret, furtive, or clandestine mode of procedure; a proceeding by secrecy; furtive actions or procedure. (Used both in a good and bad sense.) By stealth : Secretly, in secret, privately. "Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth , and blush to find it fame." Pope : Epilogue to Satires , i. 186. stealth-like, a. Stealthy, furtive, shy. "And then advanced with stealth - like pace, Drew softly near her-and more near."