† manarvelv.
Nautical slang. Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To pilfer from a ship's stores.
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1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. To Manarvel, to pilfer small stores.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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