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The popliteal space; the ham.

To steal. [Colloq. Eng. & U.S.] To hook on, to fasten or attach by, or as by, hook.

the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. Longfellow.

Winding, creeping, or flowing in, quietly or stealthily; suggesting; winning favor and confidence insensibly. Milton. His address was courteous, and even insinuating. Prescott.

Stealing on or into the confidence or affections; having power to gain favor. "Crafty, insinuative, plausible men." Bp. Reynolds.

One who steals or forcibly carries away a human being; a manstealer.

A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility. Wharton.

Lacteal; conveying chyle.

Lacteal; conveying chyle; as, lacteous vessels.

To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle.

To steal; to rob. [Obs.] And in the brunt of seventeen battles since He lurched all swords of the garland. Shak.

gland (Anat.), one of the solid glandlike bodies connected with the lymphatics or the lacteals; -- called also lymphatic ganglion, and conglobate gland. -- Lymphatic temperament (Old Physiol.), a temperament in which the lymphatic system seems to predominate, that is, a system in which the complexion lacks color and…

ractice what mischiefs and villainies they will against private men, whom they malign by stealing their goods, or murdering them. Spenser.

or emptied, charged or discharged; as, the mouth of a jar or pitcher; the mouth of the lacteal vessels, etc.

To take; to steal; to filch. [Obs.] This canon it in his hand nam. Chaucer.

n, denial, or refusal. Not one word spake he more than was need. Chaucer. Thou shalt not steal. Ex. xx. 15. Thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. Job vii. 8. The question is, may I do it, or may I not do it Bp. Sanderson. Not . . . but, or Not but, only. [Obs. or Colloq.] Chaucer.

A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who hooks or seizes malefactors. Shak.

tructure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss. Panel game, a method of stealing money in a panel house. -- Panel house, a house of prostitution in which the rooms have secret entrances to facilitate theft by accomplices of the inmates. -- Panel saw, handsaw with fine teeth, -- used for cutting out p…

An animal which steals the food of another, as the parasitic jager.

uick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet. The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard. Thomson.