·noun A handle; a stale, or stele.
II. Steal ·vt To gain by insinuating arts or covert means.
III. Steal ·vi To practice, or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or theft.
IV. Steal ·vt To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate.
V. Steal ·vi To withdraw, or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away, unperceived; to go or come furtively.
VI. Steal ·vt To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look.
VII. Steal ·vt To get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible appropriation;
— with away.
VIII. Steal ·vt To take and carry away, feloniously; to take without right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to steal the personal goods of another.