Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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 : WordNet®

stealth
     n : avoiding detection by moving carefully [syn: {stealing}]