Obs. exc. dial. and technical. [Strong pa. pple. of STEAL v.] = STOLEN ppl. a.
1393. Langl., P. Pl., C. XVIII. 40. ‘Lord leyue’ quaþ þe lede ‘no stole þyng be here.’
1444. Lydg., in Pol. Poems (1859), II. 220. Tyl it be loost, stoole thyng is nat sought.
1884. Encycl. Brit., XVII. 359. Dead netting is a piece without either accrues or stole (stolen) meshes.
