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单词 stealing
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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
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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.
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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. Gv, (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.
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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).
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