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STEALTH n. 3 definitions
The act of stealing; theft. [Obs.] The owner proveth the stealth to have been committed upon him by such an outlaw. Spenser.
STEALTHFUL a.
Given to stealth; stealthy. [Obs.] -- Stealth"ful*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Stealth"ful*ness, n. [Obs.]
STEALTHILY adv.
In a stealthy manner.
STEALTHINESS n.
The state, quality, or character of being stealthy; stealth.
STEALTHLIKE a.
Stealthy; sly. Wordsworth.
STEALTHY a.
Done by stealth; accomplished clandestinely; unperceived; secret; furtive; sly. [Withered murder] with his stealthy pace, . . . Moves like a ghost. Shak.
STRINGHALT n.
untary or convulsive contraction of the muscles that raise the hock. [Written also springhalt.]
SUBALTERN a. 4 definitions
ecifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer.
SUBALTERNANT n.
A universal proposition. See Subaltern, 2. Whately.
SUBALTERNATE a. 3 definitions
Subordinate; subaltern; inferior. All their subalternate and several kinds. Evelyn.
SUBALTERNATING a.
Subalternate; successive.
SUBALTERNATION n.
The state of being subalternate; succession of turns; subordination.
SUBSALT n.
A basic salt. See the Note under Salt.
SULPHOSALT n.
A salt of a sulphacid.
SUPERALTAR n.
A raised shelf or stand on the back of an altar, on which different objects can be placed; a predella or gradino.
SUPEREXALT v.
To exalt to a superior degree; to exalt above others. Barrow.
SUPEREXALTATION n.
Elevation above the common degree. Holyday.
SUPERSALT n.
An acid salt. See Acid salt (a), under Salt, n.
SUSTALTIC a.
Mournful; -- said of a species of music among the ancient Greeks. Busby.
SYSTALTIC a.
Capable of, or taking place by, alternate contraction and dilatation; as, the systaltic action of the heart.
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