Riv"el (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Riveled (?);p. pr. & vb. n. Riveling.]
[AS. gerifled, geriflod, gerifod, wrinkled, geriflian, gerifian, to
wrinkle. See Rifle a gun, Rive.] To contract into wrinkles; to shrivel;
to shrink; as, riveled fruit; riveled flowers. [Obs.] Pope. "Riveled
parchments." Walpole.
Riv"el, n. A wrinkle; a rimple. [Obs.] Holland.
Riv"en (?), p. p. & a. from Rive.
Riv"er (?), n. One who rives or splits.
Riv"er (?), n. [F. rivère a river, LL. riparia river, bank of a river,
fr. L. riparius belonging to a bank or shore, fr. ripa a bank or shore;
of uncertain origin. Cf. Arrive, Riparian.] 1. A large stream of water
flowing in a bed or channel and emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake,
or another stream; a stream larger than a rivulet or brook.
Transparent and sparkling rivers, from which it is delightful to
drink as they flow.
Macaulay.
2. Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers of blood;
rivers of oil.
River chub (Zoöl.), the hornyhead and allied species of fresh-water
fishes. -- River crab (Zoöl.), any species of fresh-water crabs of the
genus Thelphusa, as T. depressa of Southern Europe. -- River dragon, a
crocodile; -- applied by Milton to the king of Egypt. -- River driver,
a lumberman who drives or conducts logs down rivers. Bartlett. -- River
duck (Zoöl.), any species of duck belonging to Anas, Spatula, and
allied genera, in which the hind toe is destitute of a membranous lobe,
as in the mallard and pintail; -- opposed to sea duck. -- River god, a
deity supposed to preside over a river as its tutelary divinity. --
River herring (Zoöl.), an alewife. -- River hog. (Zoöl.) (a) Any
species of African wild hogs of the genus Potamochœrus. They frequent
wet places along the rivers. (b) The capybara. -- River horse (Zoöl.),
the hippopotamus. -- River jack (Zoöl.), an African puff adder (Clotho
nasicornis) having a spine on the nose. -- River limpet (Zoöl.), a
fresh-water, air-breathing mollusk of the genus Ancylus, having a
limpet-shaped shell. -- River pirate (Zoöl.), the pike. -- River snail
(Zoöl.), any species of fresh-water gastropods of Paludina, Melontho,
and allied genera. See Pond snail, under Pond. -- River tortoise
(Zoöl.), any one of numerous fresh-water tortoises inhabiting rivers,
especially those of the genus Trionyx and allied genera. See Trionyx.
Riv"er (?), v. i. To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river
fowl. [Obs.] Halliwell.
Riv"ered (?), a. Supplied with rivers; as, a well rivered country.
Riv"er*et (?), n. A rivulet. [Obs.] Drayton.
Riv"er*hood (?), n. The quality or state of being a river. "Useful
riverhood." H. Miller.
Riv"er*ling (?), n. A rivulet. [R.] Sylvester.
Riv"er*side` (?), n. The side or bank of a river.
Riv"er*y (?), a. Having rivers; as, a rivery country. Drayton.
Riv"et (?), n. [F., fr. river to rivet; perh. fr. Icel. rifa to fasten
together. Cf. Reef part of a sail.] 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.
Shak.
Rivet joint, or Riveted joint, a joint between two or more pieces
secured by rivets.
Riv"et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Riveted; p. pr. & vb. n. Riveting.] 1. To
fasten with a rivet, or with rivets; as, to rivet two pieces of iron.
2. 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.
3. 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!
Congreve.
Thus his confidence was riveted and confirmed.
Sir W. Scott.
Riv"et*er (?), n. One who rivets.
Riv"et*ing, n. 1. The act of joining with rivets; the act of spreading
out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.