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noun

Rivet n. A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends. "With busy hammers closing rivets up."

Rivet joint, or Riveted joint, a joint between two or more pieces secured by rivets.

verb

Rivet v. t. (past & past part. riveted; pres. part. riveting)

To fasten with a rivet, or with rivets; as, to rivet two pieces of iron.

To spread out the end or point of, as of a metallic pin, rod, or bolt, by beating or pressing, so as to form a sort of head.

Hence, to fasten firmly; to make firm, strong, or immovable; as, to rivet friendship or affection. "Rivet and nail me where I stand, ye powers!" "Thus his confidence was riveted and confirmed."

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"Rivet" Quotes from Famous Books

... were watching at the bedside. One of them standing up was the doctor. The other, kneeling beside the bed, was pressing his lips to the dead girl's hands, and seemed to rivet them there in a despairing kiss. It was Jacques, her lover. For more than six hours he had been plunged in a state of heart broken insensibility. An organ playing under the windows had just roused ...

— Bohemians of the Latin Quarter • Henry Murger

... seen several perfect statues and perfect pictures; and I have read many perfect poems: but I have never seen a perfect performance in the theatre. I doubt if such a performance has ever been given, except, perhaps, in ancient Greece. But it is easy to imagine what its effect would be. It would rivet the attention throughout upon the essential purport of the play; it would proceed from the beginning to the end without the slightest distraction; and it would convey its message simply and immediately, like the sky at sunrise or the ...

— The Theory of the Theatre • Clayton Hamilton

... sad thoughts, or to rivet our friendship, or because the time had come for each of us to show the other what he could do, he immediately held one foot high in the air. This made him slide down the perambulator, and I saw at once that it was very necessary to replace him. But never before had I come into ...

— The Little White Bird - or Adventures In Kensington Gardens • J. M. Barrie

... had disappeared, Sherlock Holmes's movements were such as to rivet our attention. He began by taking a clean white cloth from a drawer and laying it over the table. Then he placed his newly acquired bust in the centre of the cloth. Finally, he picked up his hunting-crop and struck Napoleon a sharp blow on the ...

— The Return of Sherlock Holmes • Arthur Conan Doyle

... flea him, and make Church Buckets on's skin to squench rebellion, then clap a rivet in's sconce, and hang him ...

— Philaster - Love Lies a Bleeding • Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher

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