n. An old spelling of steal, steal.n. An obsolete form of stale.n. In archaeology: An upright slab or pillar, often crowned with a rich anthemion, and sometimes bearing more or less elaborate sculpture or a painted scene, commonly used among the ancient Greeks as a gravestone.n. A similar slab or pillar serving as a milestone, to bear an inscription in some public place, or for a like purpose.n. In botany, the axial cylinder of a stem, beginning as the plerome (see plerome, 2, and plerome-sheath) and passing into the older tissues which supply the vascular tissue of the plant.