Stealth \Stealth\, n. [OE. staple. See Steal, v. t.]

1. The act of stealing; theft. [Obs.]

The owner proveth the stealth to have been committed upon him by such an outlaw. --Spenser.

2. The thing stolen; stolen property. [Obs.]

``Sluttish dens . . . serving to cover stealths.'' --Sir W. Raleigh.

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.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. --Pope.

The monarch, blinded with desire of wealth, With steel invades the brother's life by stealth. --Dryden.

I told him of your stealth unto this wood. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)