rivulet

[Latin rivulus, dim in. from rivus a river.] I. Ordinary Language : A small stream; a brook, a streamlet. IMG:content-0689.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Of or pertaining to rivers; resembling rivers. "Branched with rivery veins, meander like that glide." Drayton: Polyolbion, s. 10. 2. Abounding in rivers. riv-ět, *rev-et, v . t . [RIVET (1), s.] [Fr. river .) quarrel. I. Literally : 1. To fasten with a rivet or rivets. "Their greaves and pouldrons others rivet fast." Drayton: Barons Wars, ii. 2. To clinch; to fasten firmly. "In riveting, the pin you rivet in should stand upright to the place you rivet it upon."- Мохоп . II. Fig .: To fix or fasten firmly. riv-ět (1), *rev-et, *ryv-et s. [Fr., from river =to rivet; a word probably of Scand in avian origin; cf. Icel. rif a =to tack together.] A short bolt with a flat or rose head, employed for uniting two plates or thin pieces of material. The stub end is swaged to prevent its withdrawal. When used for joining pieces of leather, as in making belting, an annular disc, termed a burr, is placed over this end previous to swaging, in order to give a greater bearing. Rivets are are cut from round metal rods, and formed by special machinery. In riveting iron plates together, as in boilers, tanks, ., the rivet is made red-hot, and while a sledge is held against the head, the end is swaged down by striking directly with a riveting-hammer, or a species of die called a snap head is interposed. In riveting together wooden surfaces, they may be lined with metallic plate, or washers may be placed under the head and the swaged burr, to prevent the indentation of the wood. " Rivet of steel and iron clasp." Scott: Bridal of Trier main , i. 16. *rix-ā-tion, s. [Lat. rizatio , from rixatus , pa. par . of riz or = to brawl, to quarrel.] A brawl, a rix-ā-trix, subst. [RIXATION.] A quarrelsome. brawling woman; a common scold.