(n.) A handle; a stale, or stele.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence,
to creep furtively, or to insinuate.
(v. t.) To gain by insinuating arts or covert means.
(v. t.) To get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible
degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible
appropriation; -- with away.
(v. t.) To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try
to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look.
(v. i.) To practice, or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or
theft.
(v. i.) To withdraw, or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away,
unperceived; to go or come furtively.
