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One who steals; a thief.

The act of taking feloniously the personal property of another without his consent and knowledge; theft; larceny.

By stealing, or as by stealing, furtively, or by an invisible motion. Sir P. Sidney.

The act of stealing; theft. [Obs.] The owner proveth the stealth to have been committed upon him by such an outlaw. Spenser.

Given to stealth; stealthy. [Obs.] -- Stealth"ful*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Stealth"ful*ness, n. [Obs.]

In a stealthy manner.

The state, quality, or character of being stealthy; stealth.

Stealthy; sly. Wordsworth.

Done by stealth; accomplished clandestinely; unperceived; secret; furtive; sly. [Withered murder] with his stealthy pace, . . . Moves like a ghost. Shak.

Situated under the periosteum. Subperiosteal operation (Surg.), a removal of bone effected without taking away the periosteum.

Stealing cattle on a large scale. [Obs.]

One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves. [Obs.]

an insurrection. "The whole tribe abets the villany." South. Would not the fool abet the stealth, Who rashly thus exposed his wealth Gay.

To depart clandestinely; to steal off and secrete one's self; -- used especially of persons who withdraw to avoid a legal process; as, an absconding debtor. That very homesickness which, in regular armies, drives so many recruits to abscond. Macaulay.

To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body. Bacon.

Animating spirit; intention; temper. nimus furandi Etym: [L.] (Law), intention of stealing.

tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism. These lacteals have mouths, and by animal selection or appetency the absorb such part of the fluid as is agreeable to their palate. E. Darwin.

s, those sins which idleness and beggary usually betray men to; such as lying, flattery, stealing, and dissimulation. Jer. Taylor.

The blue-winged teal. See Teal.

To steal; to take possession of. [Slang]