stealthn.

/ˈstɛlθ/

Forms: Middle English stalðe, Middle English–1500s stelthe, Middle English–1600s stelth, Middle English stalth, 1500s stilth, 1500s– stealth.

Etymology: Early Middle English stalðe , stelthe ; the fluctuation of vowel points to an Old English *stǽlþ , < Germanic *stǣl- ablaut- variant of *stel- : see steal v.¹ and -th suffix¹. Compare Old Norse stulþ-r , Icelandic stuld-r , theft, stouth n., from the weak-grade of the same root.

†1.

(a) The action or practice of stealing or taking secretly and wrongfully; theft. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun]

theft688

stalec950

stealc1200

stoutha1300

stealing13..

stealtha1325

lifting1362

briberya1387

stoutheriec1440

larcenya1475

larcerya1500

conveyancea1529

thieving1530

bribing1533

larcinc1535

embezzling1540

embezzlement1548

thiefdom?1549

theftdom1566

bribering1567

milling1567

thievery1568

larcinry1634

panyarring1703

abduction1766

smugging1825

pickup1846

lurking1851

make1860

tea-leafing1899

snitching1933

lapping1950

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1767 Stalðe ic for-sake.

1357 Lay Folks Catech. T. 513 Als be sacrilege, or be symonie, Stalthe, falshede, or oker.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 346 With Covoitise yit I finde A Servant of the same kinde, Which Stelthe is hote.

c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1809 And stelthes [printed steltles] guerdon is swich paiëment, Þat neuer thynke I his wages disserue.

1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Rogat. Wk. ii. 240 The man in his nede, woulde not relieue his want by stealth.

1599 R. Greenham Short Form Catech. 416 Thou shalt not steale. How many euils are herein forbidden? 1 First, all those outward acts are forbidden, whereby stealth is committed…all inward stealth of the heart is forbidden.

1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 407 The stealing of men..that kind of stealth.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. iv. 31.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 163 Safeguarded from sand and stealth, by a defensive wall.

1639 Act in Arch. Maryland (1883) I. 71 Stealth of ones self which is the unlawfull departure of a Servant out of service or out of the Colony.

1693 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 159 This day was published their majesties proclamation for the preventing of the stealth and imbezilment of their majesties stores of war.

1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 371 A despot big with pow'r obtain'd by wealth, And that obtain'd by rapine and by stealth.

(b) Contrasted with force or violence. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxvii. 157 If..he take the food by force, or stealth, which he cannot obtaine for mony, [etc.].

1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 37 Lord Petre cut off a lock of Mrs. Arabella Fermor's hair. This, whether stealth or violence, was..much resented.

†b. An instance of stealing; a theft. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] > an instance or act of

stealth1402

purloinment1621

touch1821

steal1825

lift1852

1402 T. Hoccleve Let. of Cupid 362 And thus was mannes helthe beraft him by the fende ryght in a stelthe.

1444 Rolls of Parl. V. 107/1 No such stelthe nor felony was comitted.

c1547 Vox Populi iii, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 403 Vnto a comonwealthe This ys a very stealthe.

a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 18 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) A stealth being made by a rebell,..the stolne goods are conveyed to some husbandman.

1613 T. Campion Descr. Lords Maske in Relation Royall Entertainm. sig. C3 [Prometheus] These heau'n borne Starres, Who by my stealth are become Sublunars.

1649 Articles of Peace with Irish Rebels 32 To hear and determine all Murthers, Man-slaughters, Rapes, Stealths,..and other offences.

1694 London Gaz. No. 3038/3 Whereas Dermot Leary, and divers others.., have..committed several Murders, Burglaries, Robberies, and Stealths.

1701 C. Sedley Antony & Cleopatra (new ed.) iv. iv Lovers, like misers, cannot bear the stealth Of the least trifle from their endless wealth.

a1704 T. Brown Satire upon Quack in Wks. (1720) I. 71 I'th' Face of Day, thou robb'st us of our Health, And yet art never question'd for the Stealth.

1799 R. B. Sheridan Pizarro ii. i. 17 A mother's love for her dear babe is not a stealth, or taken from the father's store.

†c. Plagiarism Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > plagiarism > [noun]

stealtha1568

stealing1612

plagiuma1620

plagiarism1621

plagiary1630

plagiary-shipa1661

piracy1700

book-padding1723

pirating1774

cribbage1830

plagiarization1884

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > want of originality > plagiarism

stealtha1568

plagiuma1620

plagiarism1621

plagiary1630

paper-stealth1647

plagiary-shipa1661

plagiarization1884

a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 48^v For the matter, it is whole Aristotles…both Catulus and Crassus do oft and pleasantly lay that stelth to Antonius charge.

1630 G. Hakewill Apologie (ed. 2) i. ii. 29 One collected his [sc. Virgil's] faults, another his stealths, as Donatus in his life hath observed.

a1642 J. Suckling Acct. Relig. by Reason 107 in Fragmenta Aurea (1646) For all before were but little stealthes from Moses workes.

1659 J. Milton Considerations touching Hirelings 58 The unskilful and immethodical teaching of thir pastor, teaching..at random..as his ease or fansie, and oft-times as his stealth guides him.

†d. Cunning thievishness. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] > disposition to > cunning

stealth1608

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xi. 84 Hog in sloth, Fox in stealth, Woolfe in greedines.

†2. Something stolen; something to steal; plunder. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > article of

stealth1426

rifle1657

steal1825

filching1834

cribbing1837

thieving1861

cribbage1862

rabbit1927

1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 13252 Forth with hym hys stelthe he bar.

a1560 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Nyne Fyrst Bks. Eneidos (1562) ix. sig. Ciiij Aye watching lyke some Wolfe, y^t..about mens deiries houling trotts at midnight seking stealth.

a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 19 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) By which meanes the Theeves are greatly incouraged to steale, and their maintainers imboldened to receive their stealthes.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 9 That none of the Countrey receive any stelths from Neighbour-Countreys.

1637 J. Milton Comus 18 I came not here..To pursue the stealth Of pilfering wolfe.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. vii. 419 More were concealed by parties not detectable, so cunningly they carried their stealths.

1663 J. Mayne tr. Lucian Part of Lucian sig. Xx4^v Next morning he was apprehended with his stealths about him.

figurative.1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxxiii. f. 407 Ye I say, that pursue the secrete stelths of loue.

†3.

a. The action of stealing or going furtively into or out of a place; the action of stealing or gliding along unperceived. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > [noun]

stalkingc1000

creeping1565

hedge-creeping1579

stealing1581

steal1590

stealth1600

insinuation1608

slinking1611

sneakinga1657

prowl1803

creep1818

sneak1819

lurk1829

slink1853

pussyfooting1956

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 311 I tould him of your stealth vnto this wood.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lxxvii. sig. F Thou by thy dyals shady stealth maist know, Times theeuish progresse to eternitie.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xxviii. §6. 650 By this secret subterrane vault, Zedechias making his stealth, recouered..the plaines or deserts of Iericho.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. v. 287 Methinkes I feele this youths perfections With an inuisible, and subtle stealth To creepe in at mine eyes.

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 281 A quiet and insensible induction, deceiving the eye with a strange stealth of change.

1788 T. Warton On H.M. Birth-day 51 And many a fane he rear'd, that still sublime In massy pomp has mock'd the stealth of time.

†b. A stealing or coming by surprise upon a person. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [noun] > act of surprising

surprise1609

stealth1611

surprisal1613

startling1645

dumbfounding1682

springing1866

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > [noun] > in order to surprise

tranontingc1425

stealth1611

obreption1656

surrepencya1678

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xii. 573/2 Skulking surprises and vnder-hand stealthes.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. viii. §13. 166 So doe I thinke, that neither the Sabæi on the Red Sea, nor those toward the Persian Sea, could by any meanes execute the stealth vpon Iob.

†4. Furtive or underhand action, an act accomplished by eluding observation or discovery. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [noun]

night workOE

stealth1297

surreptionc1400

stouth1513

creeping1565

trunk-worka1616

underdealing1649

stoldred1654

underwork1814

hole-and-cornerism1873

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > sneakiness > sneaky action > [noun]

stealth1297

surreptionc1400

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > underhandedness or sneakiness > action

stealth1297

surreptionc1400

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 4057 Vor hii ne mowe noȝt segge þat wiþ treson oþer stalþe it were ydo.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear ii. 11 Base, base..? who in the lusty stealth of nature, take more composition and feirce quality, then [etc.] .

1615 S. Daniel Hymens Triumph i. i And hence it grew that gaue us both our fears, That made our Meeting Stealth, our Parting Tears.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. ii. 142 The stealth of our most mutuall entertainment With Character too grosse, is writ on Iuliet.

1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis i. 21 Iuno..For her mist Husband searcheth Heauen: as one, To whom his stealths so often had beene knowne.

1668 P. M. Cimmerian Matron 23 in W. Charleton Ephesian & Cimmerian Matrons No eye can..be able to trace them in their amorous stealths.

1816 S. T. Coleridge Christabel i. 10 So to my room we'll creep in stealth.

5. by stealth: †(a) (with reference to taking or appropriating) by an act of theft; secretly and without right or permission; also in wider sense, with reference to wrongful or forbidden acts generally; (obsolete); (b) (in modern use, the phrase has ordinarily no conscious association with steal v.¹ or steal n.² 1, and has the neutral sense) secretly, clandestinely.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > by or in manner of theft [phrase]

at thieves lawc1175

by stealth1390

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adverb]

softlyc1225

by stalea1240

privilya1250

slylyc1275

thieflyc1290

stealingly13..

by stealth1390

stalworthlya1400

theftfullyc1400

theftlyc1400

theftuouslyc1400

under veilc1425

thievishly?c1450

by theft1488

quietly1488

furtively1490

by surreption1526

hugger-muggera1529

in hugger-mugger1529

underhand1538

insidiously1545

creepingly1548

surreptiously1573

underboard1582

filchingly1583

sneakingly1598

underwater1600

slipperily1603

thief-likea1625

clandestinely1632

surreptitiously1643

thievously1658

clancularly1699

stownlins1786

stealthily1806

underhandedly1806

stolen-wise1813

on (upon, under, or by) the sly1818

round-the-corner1820

underhanded1823

stealthfully1828

slinkingly1830

slippingly1830

on the sneak?1863

sneakishly1867

behind backs1874

stalkingly1891

on the side1893

under the counter1926

underground1935

under the table1938

down and dirty1959

sneakily1966

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [phrase] > dishonestly

by stealth1390

on the cross1802

on the crook1879

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 63 [He] hath his pourpos ofte achieved..of worldes welthe, And takth it, as who seith, be stelthe.

1454 Rolls of Parl. V. 274/2 Grete habundaunce of Wolles as welle by stalth as by licence is uttred into the parties beyond the See.

1480 Cov. Leet Bk. (1908) 459 [They] ffysshen be nyght & day the seid pole..be staith.

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xviii. lv. sig. ddv^v/2 The dranes..vneth they ben suffryd to ete of ony, but asmoche as they ete it..by stelthe.

c1530 Court of Love 1362 And who come late he pressed in by stelth.

1592 Arden of Feversham i. 138 And, Mosbie, thou that comes to me by stelth, Shalt [etc.].

1611 Bible (King James) 2 Sam. xix. 3 The people gate them by stealth that day into the citie, as people beeing ashamed steale away when they flee in battell.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 134 The English bring into France..sheep skinnes, and by stealth other Hides, forbidden to be exported.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 132 Lurking Lizards often lodge, by Stealth, Within the Suburbs, and purloyn their Wealth.

1738 A. Pope One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Eight 8 Let low-born Allen..Do good by stealth, and blush to find it Fame.

1775 J. Harris Philos. Arrangem. i. 4 Marcus Antoninus..still persisted in..committing his thoughts to writing, during moments gained by stealth from the hurry of courts and campaigns.

1782 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 3) V. 259 He had been privately engaged to draw by stealth the portrait of old Mr. Thomas Baker.

1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 995 So life glides smoothly and by stealth away.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 220 Congregations which had hitherto met only by stealth and in darkness.

1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 130 He did enter by stealth into the common workshop of Athene and Hephaestus.

Compounds

Nonce-words, as stealth-like adj., stealth-wise adv., stealth-won adj.

ΚΠ

1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller Death Wallenstein i. xii. 33 What import these silent nods and gestures Which stealthwise thou exchangest with her?

1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone vii. 117 A little while it stayed;..And then advanced with stealth-like pace.

1893 F. Thompson Poems 3 As lovers, banished from their lady's face,..Fondly adore Some stealth-won cast attire she wore, A kerchief, or a glove.

Draft additions 1993

a. Outside the phrase by stealth at sense 5 below) this sense appears to have been very rare during the 19th cent.

ΚΠ

a1886 E. Dickinson Poems (1955) III. 1129 Each one of us has tasted With ecstasies of stealth The very food debated To our specific strength.

1938 L. Hughes New Song 11 The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies.

1943 D. Welch Jrnl. 15 June (1952) 74 There is the feeling about the whole place of utter solitude, stealth, the ghostly, unlived-in, fascinating feeling of week-end houses.

1964 I. Fleming You only live Twice x. 126 Ninjutsu..the art of stealth or invisibility.

1969 Maclean's Aug. 1/3 The qualities that make business click—qualities such as moxie and timing and stealth.

1987 G. Tindall To City i. 2 He had begun keeping his Notebook..in stealth and anxiety as if it represented some private, slightly shameful vice.

b. Elliptical for stealth technology, stealth bomber, etc.: see sense Additions c below.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > instrument for detection > [noun] > radar system > protection against radar detection

stealth1979

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > used in warfare > bomber

raider1908

bomber1917

night bomber1918

dart1925

bomb-dropper1928

flying boxcar1932

bombing plane1934

bomber aircraft1935

medium bomber1935

dive-bomber1937

heavy1943

nuisance raider1944

shuttle bomber1944

atomic bomber1945

interdictor1965

stealth1979

1979 Aviation Week & Space Technol. 29 Jan. 121/2 Stealth cannot be overemphasized... Those technologies are really not here today.

1988 Sun (Brisbane) 21 Apr. 9/2 The Stealth, known as the B-2 bomber.

c. attributive. Designating or connected with a branch of technology concerned with rendering aircraft hard to detect by radar, or an aircraft designed in accordance with this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > instrument for detection > [adjective] > protecting against radar detection

stealth1979

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [adjective] > aircraft which is hard to detect by radar

stealth1979

1975 Aviation Week & Space Technol. 23 June 9/2 Advanced Research Projects Agency has funded studies on high-stealth aircraft through USAF Aeronautical Systems Div.]

1979 Aviation Week & Space Technol. 29 Jan. 121/2 Key technologies that have been identified are the following: Stealth technology. Engines and fuels. Avionics.

1981 New Scientist 8 Oct. 86/3 In the air the US will go ahead with the B1 bomber and will develop the ‘Stealth’ bomber, an aircraft that will employ as yet unperfected technology to make itself invisible to enemy radar.

1987 Internat. Combat Arms Sept. 30/1 What Stealth designers seek to do is lower an aircraft's RCS, or radar cross section—that is, the measure of its visibility to radar.

1989 New Scientist 20 May 34/2 One possible application for the cloth, says Kuhn, is for ‘Stealth’ aircraft.

Draft additions September 2004

stealth tax n. a tax levied in such a way that is it not noticed, or is not recognized as a tax.

ΚΠ

1988 Financial Post (Canada) 26 Aug. i. 12/1 The habitual resort of debtor governments through history to the stealth tax of inflation.

2002 Country May 71/1 A succession of ‘stealth taxes’, which actually saw most individuals' tax burden increase over the course of the past parliament.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stealth
释义	stealthn. /ˈstɛlθ/ Forms: Middle English stalðe, Middle English–1500s stelthe, Middle English–1600s stelth, Middle English stalth, 1500s stilth, 1500s– stealth. Etymology: Early Middle English stalðe , stelthe ; the fluctuation of vowel points to an Old English stǽlþ , < Germanic stǣl- ablaut- variant of stel- : see steal v.¹ and -th suffix¹. Compare Old Norse stulþ-r* , Icelandic stuld-r , theft, stouth n., from the weak-grade of the same root. †1. a. (a) The action or practice of stealing or taking secretly and wrongfully; theft. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] theft688 stalec950 stealc1200 stoutha1300 stealing13.. stealtha1325 lifting1362 briberya1387 stoutheriec1440 larcenya1475 larcerya1500 conveyancea1529 thieving1530 bribing1533 larcinc1535 embezzling1540 embezzlement1548 thiefdom?1549 theftdom1566 bribering1567 milling1567 thievery1568 larcinry1634 panyarring1703 abduction1766 smugging1825 pickup1846 lurking1851 make1860 tea-leafing1899 snitching1933 lapping1950 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1767 Stalðe ic for-sake. 1357 Lay Folks Catech. T. 513 Als be sacrilege, or be symonie, Stalthe, falshede, or oker. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 346 With Covoitise yit I finde A Servant of the same kinde, Which Stelthe is hote. c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1809 And stelthes [printed steltles] guerdon is swich paiëment, Þat neuer thynke I his wages disserue. 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Rogat. Wk. ii. 240 The man in his nede, woulde not relieue his want by stealth. 1599 R. Greenham Short Form Catech. 416 Thou shalt not steale. How many euils are herein forbidden? 1 First, all those outward acts are forbidden, whereby stealth is committed…all inward stealth of the heart is forbidden. 1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 407 The stealing of men..that kind of stealth. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. iv. 31. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 163 Safeguarded from sand and stealth, by a defensive wall. 1639 Act in Arch. Maryland (1883) I. 71 Stealth of ones self which is the unlawfull departure of a Servant out of service or out of the Colony. 1693 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 159 This day was published their majesties proclamation for the preventing of the stealth and imbezilment of their majesties stores of war. 1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 371 A despot big with pow'r obtain'd by wealth, And that obtain'd by rapine and by stealth. (b) Contrasted with force or violence. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxvii. 157 If..he take the food by force, or stealth, which he cannot obtaine for mony, [etc.]. 1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 37 Lord Petre cut off a lock of Mrs. Arabella Fermor's hair. This, whether stealth or violence, was..much resented. †b. An instance of stealing; a theft. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] > an instance or act of stealth1402 purloinment1621 touch1821 steal1825 lift1852 1402 T. Hoccleve Let. of Cupid 362 And thus was mannes helthe beraft him by the fende ryght in a stelthe. 1444 Rolls of Parl. V. 107/1 No such stelthe nor felony was comitted. c1547 Vox Populi iii, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 403 Vnto a comonwealthe This ys a very stealthe. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 18 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) A stealth being made by a rebell,..the stolne goods are conveyed to some husbandman. 1613 T. Campion Descr. Lords Maske in Relation Royall Entertainm. sig. C3 [Prometheus] These heau'n borne Starres, Who by my stealth are become Sublunars. 1649 Articles of Peace with Irish Rebels 32 To hear and determine all Murthers, Man-slaughters, Rapes, Stealths,..and other offences. 1694 London Gaz. No. 3038/3 Whereas Dermot Leary, and divers others.., have..committed several Murders, Burglaries, Robberies, and Stealths. 1701 C. Sedley Antony & Cleopatra (new ed.) iv. iv Lovers, like misers, cannot bear the stealth Of the least trifle from their endless wealth. a1704 T. Brown Satire upon Quack in Wks. (1720) I. 71 I'th' Face of Day, thou robb'st us of our Health, And yet art never question'd for the Stealth. 1799 R. B. Sheridan Pizarro ii. i. 17 A mother's love for her dear babe is not a stealth, or taken from the father's store. †c. Plagiarism Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > plagiarism > [noun] stealtha1568 stealing1612 plagiuma1620 plagiarism1621 plagiary1630 plagiary-shipa1661 piracy1700 book-padding1723 pirating1774 cribbage1830 plagiarization1884 the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > want of originality > plagiarism stealtha1568 plagiuma1620 plagiarism1621 plagiary1630 paper-stealth1647 plagiary-shipa1661 plagiarization1884 a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 48^v For the matter, it is whole Aristotles…both Catulus and Crassus do oft and pleasantly lay that stelth to Antonius charge. 1630 G. Hakewill Apologie (ed. 2) i. ii. 29 One collected his [sc. Virgil's] faults, another his stealths, as Donatus in his life hath observed. a1642 J. Suckling Acct. Relig. by Reason 107 in Fragmenta Aurea (1646) For all before were but little stealthes from Moses workes. 1659 J. Milton Considerations touching Hirelings 58 The unskilful and immethodical teaching of thir pastor, teaching..at random..as his ease or fansie, and oft-times as his stealth guides him. †d. Cunning thievishness. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] > disposition to > cunning stealth1608 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xi. 84 Hog in sloth, Fox in stealth, Woolfe in greedines. View more context for this quotation †2. Something stolen; something to steal; plunder. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > article of stealth1426 rifle1657 steal1825 filching1834 cribbing1837 thieving1861 cribbage1862 rabbit1927 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 13252 Forth with hym hys stelthe he bar. a1560 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Nyne Fyrst Bks. Eneidos (1562) ix. sig. Ciiij Aye watching lyke some Wolfe, y^t..about mens deiries houling trotts at midnight seking stealth. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 19 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) By which meanes the Theeves are greatly incouraged to steale, and their maintainers imboldened to receive their stealthes. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 9 That none of the Countrey receive any stelths from Neighbour-Countreys. 1637 J. Milton Comus 18 I came not here..To pursue the stealth Of pilfering wolfe. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. vii. 419 More were concealed by parties not detectable, so cunningly they carried their stealths. 1663 J. Mayne tr. Lucian Part of Lucian sig. Xx4^v Next morning he was apprehended with his stealths about him. figurative.1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxxiii. f. 407 Ye I say, that pursue the secrete stelths of loue. †3. a. The action of stealing or going furtively into or out of a place; the action of stealing or gliding along unperceived. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > [noun] stalkingc1000 creeping1565 hedge-creeping1579 stealing1581 steal1590 stealth1600 insinuation1608 slinking1611 sneakinga1657 prowl1803 creep1818 sneak1819 lurk1829 slink1853 pussyfooting1956 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 311 I tould him of your stealth vnto this wood. View more context for this quotation 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lxxvii. sig. F Thou by thy dyals shady stealth maist know, Times theeuish progresse to eternitie. View more context for this quotation 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xxviii. §6. 650 By this secret subterrane vault, Zedechias making his stealth, recouered..the plaines or deserts of Iericho. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. v. 287 Methinkes I feele this youths perfections With an inuisible, and subtle stealth To creepe in at mine eyes. View more context for this quotation 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 281 A quiet and insensible induction, deceiving the eye with a strange stealth of change. 1788 T. Warton On H.M. Birth-day 51 And many a fane he rear'd, that still sublime In massy pomp has mock'd the stealth of time. †b. A stealing or coming by surprise upon a person. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [noun] > act of surprising surprise1609 stealth1611 surprisal1613 startling1645 dumbfounding1682 springing1866 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > [noun] > in order to surprise tranontingc1425 stealth1611 obreption1656 surrepencya1678 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xii. 573/2 Skulking surprises and vnder-hand stealthes. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. viii. §13. 166 So doe I thinke, that neither the Sabæi on the Red Sea, nor those toward the Persian Sea, could by any meanes execute the stealth vpon Iob. †4. Furtive or underhand action, an act accomplished by eluding observation or discovery. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [noun] night workOE stealth1297 surreptionc1400 stouth1513 creeping1565 trunk-worka1616 underdealing1649 stoldred1654 underwork1814 hole-and-cornerism1873 the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > sneakiness > sneaky action > [noun] stealth1297 surreptionc1400 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > underhandedness or sneakiness > action stealth1297 surreptionc1400 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 4057 Vor hii ne mowe noȝt segge þat wiþ treson oþer stalþe it were ydo. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear ii. 11 Base, base..? who in the lusty stealth of nature, take more composition and feirce quality, then [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1615 S. Daniel Hymens Triumph i. i And hence it grew that gaue us both our fears, That made our Meeting Stealth, our Parting Tears. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. ii. 142 The stealth of our most mutuall entertainment With Character too grosse, is writ on Iuliet. View more context for this quotation 1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis i. 21 Iuno..For her mist Husband searcheth Heauen: as one, To whom his stealths so often had beene knowne. 1668 P. M. Cimmerian Matron 23 in W. Charleton Ephesian & Cimmerian Matrons No eye can..be able to trace them in their amorous stealths. 1816 S. T. Coleridge Christabel i. 10 So to my room we'll creep in stealth. 5. by stealth: †(a) (with reference to taking or appropriating) by an act of theft; secretly and without right or permission; also in wider sense, with reference to wrongful or forbidden acts generally; (obsolete); (b) (in modern use, the phrase has ordinarily no conscious association with steal v.¹ or steal n.² 1, and has the neutral sense) secretly, clandestinely. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > by or in manner of theft [phrase] at thieves lawc1175 by stealth1390 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adverb] softlyc1225 by stalea1240 privilya1250 slylyc1275 thieflyc1290 stealingly13.. by stealth1390 stalworthlya1400 theftfullyc1400 theftlyc1400 theftuouslyc1400 under veilc1425 thievishly?c1450 by theft1488 quietly1488 furtively1490 by surreption1526 hugger-muggera1529 in hugger-mugger1529 underhand1538 insidiously1545 creepingly1548 surreptiously1573 underboard1582 filchingly1583 sneakingly1598 underwater1600 slipperily1603 thief-likea1625 clandestinely1632 surreptitiously1643 thievously1658 clancularly1699 stownlins1786 stealthily1806 underhandedly1806 stolen-wise1813 on (upon, under, or by) the sly1818 round-the-corner1820 underhanded1823 stealthfully1828 slinkingly1830 slippingly1830 on the sneak?1863 sneakishly1867 behind backs1874 stalkingly1891 on the side1893 under the counter1926 underground1935 under the table1938 down and dirty1959 sneakily1966 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [phrase] > dishonestly by stealth1390 on the cross1802 on the crook1879 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 63 [He] hath his pourpos ofte achieved..of worldes welthe, And takth it, as who seith, be stelthe. 1454 Rolls of Parl. V. 274/2 Grete habundaunce of Wolles as welle by stalth as by licence is uttred into the parties beyond the See. 1480 Cov. Leet Bk. (1908) 459 [They] ffysshen be nyght & day the seid pole..be staith. 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xviii. lv. sig. ddv^v/2 The dranes..vneth they ben suffryd to ete of ony, but asmoche as they ete it..by stelthe. c1530 Court of Love 1362 And who come late he pressed in by stelth. 1592 Arden of Feversham i. 138 And, Mosbie, thou that comes to me by stelth, Shalt [etc.]. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Sam. xix. 3 The people gate them by stealth that day into the citie, as people beeing ashamed steale away when they flee in battell. View more context for this quotation 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 134 The English bring into France..sheep skinnes, and by stealth other Hides, forbidden to be exported. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 132 Lurking Lizards often lodge, by Stealth, Within the Suburbs, and purloyn their Wealth. View more context for this quotation 1738 A. Pope One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Eight 8 Let low-born Allen..Do good by stealth, and blush to find it Fame. 1775 J. Harris Philos. Arrangem. i. 4 Marcus Antoninus..still persisted in..committing his thoughts to writing, during moments gained by stealth from the hurry of courts and campaigns. 1782 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 3) V. 259 He had been privately engaged to draw by stealth the portrait of old Mr. Thomas Baker. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 995 So life glides smoothly and by stealth away. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 220 Congregations which had hitherto met only by stealth and in darkness. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 130 He did enter by stealth into the common workshop of Athene and Hephaestus. Compounds Nonce-words, as stealth-like adj., stealth-wise adv., stealth-won adj. ΚΠ 1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller Death Wallenstein i. xii. 33 What import these silent nods and gestures Which stealthwise thou exchangest with her? 1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone vii. 117 A little while it stayed;..And then advanced with stealth-like pace. 1893 F. Thompson Poems 3 As lovers, banished from their lady's face,..Fondly adore Some stealth-won cast attire she wore, A kerchief, or a glove. Draft additions 1993 a. Outside the phrase by stealth at sense 5 below) this sense appears to have been very rare during the 19th cent. ΚΠ a1886 E. Dickinson Poems (1955) III. 1129 Each one of us has tasted With ecstasies of stealth The very food debated To our specific strength. 1938 L. Hughes New Song 11 The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies. 1943 D. Welch Jrnl. 15 June (1952) 74 There is the feeling about the whole place of utter solitude, stealth, the ghostly, unlived-in, fascinating feeling of week-end houses. 1964 I. Fleming You only live Twice x. 126 Ninjutsu..the art of stealth or invisibility. 1969 Maclean's Aug. 1/3 The qualities that make business click—qualities such as moxie and timing and stealth. 1987 G. Tindall To City i. 2 He had begun keeping his Notebook..in stealth and anxiety as if it represented some private, slightly shameful vice. b. Elliptical for stealth technology, stealth bomber, etc.: see sense Additions c below. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > instrument for detection > [noun] > radar system > protection against radar detection stealth1979 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > used in warfare > bomber raider1908 bomber1917 night bomber1918 dart1925 bomb-dropper1928 flying boxcar1932 bombing plane1934 bomber aircraft1935 medium bomber1935 dive-bomber1937 heavy1943 nuisance raider1944 shuttle bomber1944 atomic bomber1945 interdictor1965 stealth1979 1979 Aviation Week & Space Technol. 29 Jan. 121/2 Stealth cannot be overemphasized... Those technologies are really not here today. 1988 Sun (Brisbane) 21 Apr. 9/2 The Stealth, known as the B-2 bomber. c. attributive. Designating or connected with a branch of technology concerned with rendering aircraft hard to detect by radar, or an aircraft designed in accordance with this. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > instrument for detection > [adjective] > protecting against radar detection stealth1979 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [adjective] > aircraft which is hard to detect by radar stealth1979 1975 Aviation Week & Space Technol. 23 June 9/2 Advanced Research Projects Agency has funded studies on high-stealth aircraft through USAF Aeronautical Systems Div.] 1979 Aviation Week & Space Technol. 29 Jan. 121/2 Key technologies that have been identified are the following: Stealth technology. Engines and fuels. Avionics. 1981 New Scientist 8 Oct. 86/3 In the air the US will go ahead with the B1 bomber and will develop the ‘Stealth’ bomber, an aircraft that will employ as yet unperfected technology to make itself invisible to enemy radar. 1987 Internat. Combat Arms Sept. 30/1 What Stealth designers seek to do is lower an aircraft's RCS, or radar cross section—that is, the measure of its visibility to radar. 1989 New Scientist 20 May 34/2 One possible application for the cloth, says Kuhn, is for ‘Stealth’ aircraft. Draft additions September 2004 stealth tax n. a tax levied in such a way that is it not noticed, or is not recognized as a tax. ΚΠ 1988 Financial Post (Canada) 26 Aug. i. 12/1 The habitual resort of debtor governments through history to the stealth tax of inflation. 2002 Country May 71/1 A succession of ‘stealth taxes’, which actually saw most individuals' tax burden increase over the course of the past parliament. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1297
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