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a stale, or stele. [Archaic or Prov. Eng.] And in his hand a huge poleax did bear. Whose steale was iron-studded but not long. Spenser.

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.

Of or pertaining to ectostosis; as, ectosteal ossification.

Relating to endostosis; as, endosteal ossification.

Partly fibrous, partly cartilaginous, and partly osseous. St. George Mivart.

A person who steals or kidnaps a human being or beings.

The act or business of stealing or kidnaping human beings, especially with a view to e

Osseous.

An auditory ossicle. R. Owen.

Of or pertaining to parostosis; as, parosteal ossification.

Situated around bone; of or pertaining to the periosteum.

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