stealingn.

/ˈstiːlɪŋ/

Etymology: -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of steal v.¹ in its various senses. Also in combinations with adverbs, as stealing-forth, stealing-in.

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

the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [noun] > moving softly or stealthily

skulking1297

stealing1581

sneakinga1657

stealthing1955

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

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

stealtha1568

stealing1612

plagiuma1620

plagiarism1621

plagiary1630

plagiary-shipa1661

piracy1700

book-padding1723

pirating1774

cribbage1830

plagiarization1884

society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > work of art > plagiarism

stealing1612

13.. Seuvn Sages (W.) 1275 Thef of steling wil nowt blinne Til he honge bi the chinne.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. PPPiii By rape, pikyng, extorcion, sacrilege, or any other maner of stelyng.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 170 By the strength of those Castelles, they were kept from their olde accustomed rauynes and stealings.

1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades ix. 165 No groome perceiues my stealing forth, nor tooke thereof regarde.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 97 Be steiling and reif, thay raþer seik thair meit.

1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. x. 155 For preuenting of stealing, or any helpe by the Latine booke..you may both cause them to write in your presence, and also make choise of such places which they know not where to find.

1669 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mech. i. 171 But the Stealing in of any Air, before the water was let in, is mentioned but as a Suspicion.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxvii. 161 Thus the taking from another what is his, without his Knowledge or Allowance, is properly called Stealing.

1887 R. Browning B. de Mandeville in Parleyings v. 37 If, at first stealing-forth of life in stalk And leaflet-promise, quick His spud should baulk Evil from budding foliage, bearing fruit.

b. concrete in plural. Gains made by stealing.

ΘΚΠ

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

theft962

bribec1425

stoutheriec1440

booty1567

thievery1583

snapping1591

filcha1627

pilferagec1626

swag1794

stealing1839

stuff1865

score1914

hot stuff1924

1839 F. Marryat Diary in Amer. I. 195 I asked how much his office was worth, and his answer was six hundred dollars, besides stealings.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

stealingadj.

/ˈstiːlɪŋ/

Etymology: < steal v.¹ + -ing suffix².

That steals or moves stealthily; that eludes observation; that glides or creeps softly along; that comes on imperceptibly. In early use chiefly in stealing step, stealing pace (very common in the 16th cent.; now rare).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [adjective] > softly or stealthily

stealing1574

reptitious1658

sliving1821

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

creepinga1400

slyc1440

prowling1546

stealing1574

sneaking1590

cat-footed1598

soft-footed1603

surrepent1608

cat-likea1616

stealthya1616

grassant1659

sliving1661

creep-mouse1766

secret1768

slinking1841

pussy-footed1893

undercreeping1893

pussyfooting1926

slinky1951

1574 J. Higgins 1st Pt. Mirour for Magistrates Cordila xxxv Eke nearer still to mee with stealing steps shee drewe.

1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. F.ij Nor heare the trampling of his stealing steppes.

a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 380 Sinne..maketh boldnesse and security in a stealing and dangerous manner to encrease.

1629 J. Gaule Distractions 324 With a learing Looke,..stealing Pace, squeaking Voice.

1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island vi. lxxvii. 84 But see, the stealing night with softly pace,..creeps up the East.

1749 W. Collins Ode Death Thomson i. 5 In yonder Grave a Druid lies Where slowly winds the stealing Wave!

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. viii. 250 He turned to the right, and proceeded, with the same stealing steps, towards Emily's apartment.

1814 Ld. Byron Corsair i. vii. 8 They watch his glance with many a stealing look.

1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour ii. xii. 60 His [sc. a horse's] easy stealing way of going, compared to the bounding elasticity of Hercules.

1892 Welsh Rev. 1 767 I..followed her silently until we stood face to face in the stealing darkness.

1897 W. J. Courthope Longest Reign iii Not..for Thee hath stealing Age, Sovereign Lady,..Dimmed the glory of Thy golden prime.

Compounds

stealing-strake n. Nautical = stealer n.²

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > planking > each continuous line of planking > others

standing strake1607

garboardc1617

bottom planks1724

stealer1805

stealing-strake1830

futtock-plank1846

bilge-plank1867

bottom boarding1869

1830 P. Hedderwick Treat. Marine Archit. 120 Steeling-strake or plank, one that does not run all the way to the stem or stern post.

Derivatives

ˈstealingly adv. now rare stealthily, furtively, so as to elude observation.Very common in the 16th and 17th centuries.

ΘΚΠ

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

13.. K. Alis. 5080 Many of his men..Agein kyng Alisaunder hestes, Stelendelich dronken of this lake.

c1400 Ragman Roll 62 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 72 And now cometh age, foo to your beauté, And stelyngly it wastyth stownde-mele.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 473/2 Stelyngly, or theefly, furtive, latrocinaliter.

1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. ix. sig. t.iii ^v Whan ony clerke receyueth holy orders stelyngly.

1596 R. Linche Dom Diego in Diella sig. F6 And stealingly there glides with heauy pace A Riuolet of Pearle along her face.

1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. G^v, (stage direct.) Enter Grissill stealingly.

?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome iii. iii. 381 And in this case likewise he must proceed as it were stealingly, sweetly and slowly, by little and little and almost insensiblie, leuiter & lentè.

1693 W. Bates Serm. Several Occasions viii. 278 A Disease neglected at first, that stealingly slips into the Habit of the Body,..becomes a last uncontroulable and incurable.

a1843 R. Southey in Fraser's Mag. (1868) LXXVII. 731 The means wherewith he would stealingly attempt this change.

stealing-wise adv.

ΚΠ

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 2 Seeing the fierce beast make stealing-wise towards him.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	stealing
释义	stealingn. /ˈstiːlɪŋ/ Etymology: -ing suffix¹. a. The action of steal v.¹ in its various senses. Also in combinations with adverbs, as stealing-forth, stealing-in. 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 the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [noun] > moving softly or stealthily skulking1297 stealing1581 sneakinga1657 stealthing1955 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 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > plagiarism > [noun] stealtha1568 stealing1612 plagiuma1620 plagiarism1621 plagiary1630 plagiary-shipa1661 piracy1700 book-padding1723 pirating1774 cribbage1830 plagiarization1884 society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > work of art > plagiarism stealing1612 13.. Seuvn Sages (W.) 1275 Thef of steling wil nowt blinne Til he honge bi the chinne. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. PPPiii By rape, pikyng, extorcion, sacrilege, or any other maner of stelyng. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 170 By the strength of those Castelles, they were kept from their olde accustomed rauynes and stealings. 1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades ix. 165 No groome perceiues my stealing forth, nor tooke thereof regarde. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 97 Be steiling and reif, thay raþer seik thair meit. 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. x. 155 For preuenting of stealing, or any helpe by the Latine booke..you may both cause them to write in your presence, and also make choise of such places which they know not where to find. 1669 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mech. i. 171 But the Stealing in of any Air, before the water was let in, is mentioned but as a Suspicion. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxvii. 161 Thus the taking from another what is his, without his Knowledge or Allowance, is properly called Stealing. 1887 R. Browning B. de Mandeville in Parleyings v. 37 If, at first stealing-forth of life in stalk And leaflet-promise, quick His spud should baulk Evil from budding foliage, bearing fruit. b. concrete in plural. Gains made by stealing. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] theft962 bribec1425 stoutheriec1440 booty1567 thievery1583 snapping1591 filcha1627 pilferagec1626 swag1794 stealing1839 stuff1865 score1914 hot stuff1924 1839 F. Marryat Diary in Amer. I. 195 I asked how much his office was worth, and his answer was six hundred dollars, besides stealings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2019). stealingadj. /ˈstiːlɪŋ/ Etymology: < steal v.¹ + -ing suffix². That steals or moves stealthily; that eludes observation; that glides or creeps softly along; that comes on imperceptibly. In early use chiefly in stealing step, stealing pace (very common in the 16th cent.; now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [adjective] > softly or stealthily stealing1574 reptitious1658 sliving1821 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > [adjective] creepinga1400 slyc1440 prowling1546 stealing1574 sneaking1590 cat-footed1598 soft-footed1603 surrepent1608 cat-likea1616 stealthya1616 grassant1659 sliving1661 creep-mouse1766 secret1768 slinking1841 pussy-footed1893 undercreeping1893 pussyfooting1926 slinky1951 1574 J. Higgins 1st Pt. Mirour for Magistrates Cordila xxxv Eke nearer still to mee with stealing steps shee drewe. 1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. F.ij Nor heare the trampling of his stealing steppes. a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 380 Sinne..maketh boldnesse and security in a stealing and dangerous manner to encrease. 1629 J. Gaule Distractions 324 With a learing Looke,..stealing Pace, squeaking Voice. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island vi. lxxvii. 84 But see, the stealing night with softly pace,..creeps up the East. 1749 W. Collins Ode Death Thomson i. 5 In yonder Grave a Druid lies Where slowly winds the stealing Wave! 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. viii. 250 He turned to the right, and proceeded, with the same stealing steps, towards Emily's apartment. 1814 Ld. Byron Corsair i. vii. 8 They watch his glance with many a stealing look. 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour ii. xii. 60 His [sc. a horse's] easy stealing way of going, compared to the bounding elasticity of Hercules. 1892 Welsh Rev. 1 767 I..followed her silently until we stood face to face in the stealing darkness. 1897 W. J. Courthope Longest Reign iii Not..for Thee hath stealing Age, Sovereign Lady,..Dimmed the glory of Thy golden prime. Compounds stealing-strake n. Nautical = stealer n.² ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > planking > each continuous line of planking > others standing strake1607 garboardc1617 bottom planks1724 stealer1805 stealing-strake1830 futtock-plank1846 bilge-plank1867 bottom boarding1869 1830 P. Hedderwick Treat. Marine Archit. 120 Steeling-strake or plank, one that does not run all the way to the stem or stern post. Derivatives ˈstealingly adv. now rare stealthily, furtively, so as to elude observation.Very common in the 16th and 17th centuries. ΘΚΠ 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 13.. K. Alis. 5080 Many of his men..Agein kyng Alisaunder hestes, Stelendelich dronken of this lake. c1400 Ragman Roll 62 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 72 And now cometh age, foo to your beauté, And stelyngly it wastyth stownde-mele. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 473/2 Stelyngly, or theefly, furtive, latrocinaliter. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. ix. sig. t.iii ^v Whan ony clerke receyueth holy orders stelyngly. 1596 R. Linche Dom Diego in Diella sig. F6 And stealingly there glides with heauy pace A Riuolet of Pearle along her face. 1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. G^v, (stage direct.) Enter Grissill stealingly. ?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome iii. iii. 381 And in this case likewise he must proceed as it were stealingly, sweetly and slowly, by little and little and almost insensiblie, leuiter & lentè. 1693 W. Bates Serm. Several Occasions viii. 278 A Disease neglected at first, that stealingly slips into the Habit of the Body,..becomes a last uncontroulable and incurable. a1843 R. Southey in Fraser's Mag. (1868) LXXVII. 731 The means wherewith he would stealingly attempt this change. stealing-wise adv. ΚΠ 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 2 Seeing the fierce beast make stealing-wise towards him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.13..adj.13..
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