dictionary definitions for "stealth"


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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