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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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Etymology of 'Rivet'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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— The Good Soldier • Ford Madox Ford

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— Byron's Poetical Works, Vol. 1 • Byron

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— Japanese Fairy World - Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan • William Elliot Griffis

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— Notes and Queries, Number 233, April 15, 1854 • Various

... this kind, and away from the old run of Latin and Sabine religious ideas. In a similar way, culture directs our attention to the current in human affairs, and to its continual working, and will not let us rivet our faith upon any one man and his doings. It makes us see, not only his good side, but also how much in him was of necessity limited and transient; nay, it even feels a pleasure, a sense of an increased freedom and of an ampler future, in so [44] ...

— Culture and Anarchy • Matthew Arnold

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