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.