The roe of a fish. Also, a hinge-pin, or any piece of riveted work. The soft iron pin by which the ends of a cask hoop, or the plates of a boiler, &c., are secured by clinching.
·vt To fasten with a rivet, or with rivets; as, to rivet two pieces of iron. II. Rivet ·vt Hence, t...
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