From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stealth
n 1: avoiding detection by moving carefully [syn: stealth,
stealing]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Stealth \Stealth\ (st[e^]lth), n. [OE. stal[thorn]e. See
Steal, v. t.]
1. The act of stealing; theft. [Obs.]
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The owner proveth the stealth to have been committed
upon him by such an outlaw. --Spenser.
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2. The thing stolen; stolen property. [Obs.] "Sluttish dens .
. . serving to cover stealths." --Sir W. Raleigh.
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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.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
--Pope.
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The monarch, blinded with desire of wealth,
With steel invades the brother's life by stealth.
--Dryden.
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I told him of your stealth unto this wood. --Shak.
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