Crossword clues for riveting
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rivet \Riv"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Riveted; p. pr. & vb. n. 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.
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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.
Riveting \Riv"et*ing\, n.
The act of joining with rivets; the act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.
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The whole set of rivets, collectively.
--Tomlinsin.Butt riveting, riveting in which the ends or edges of plates form a butt joint, and are fastened together by being riveted to a narrow strip which covers the joint.
Chain riveting, riveting in which the rivets, in two or more rows along the seam, are set one behind the other.
Crossed riveting, riveting in which the rivets in one row are set opposite the spaces between the rivets in the next row.
Double riveting, in lap riveting, two rows of rivets along the seam; in butt riveting, four rows, two on each side of the joint.
Lap riveting, riveting in which the ends or edges of plates overlap and are riveted together.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"commanding attention," 1854, present participle adjective from rivet (v.). Related: Rivetingly.
Wiktionary
Commanding the attention of spectators. n. 1 The act of joining with rivets. 2 The act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing. 3 A set of rivets; rivets collectively. v
(present participle of rivet English)
WordNet
adj. capable of arousing and holding the attention; "a fascinating story" [syn: absorbing, engrossing, fascinating, gripping]
Usage examples of "riveting".
Fremont, I had just begun doing some riveting research into ancient Greek Orthodox ecclesiology at the library.
Wolfric moved his way to the front where Emich and his captains were gathered, and having said something, Emich turned a riveting stare upon Tancred.
They were riveting, making her wonder for a moment why she was there, until she caught sight of Rickey again.
Normally the clan forge was kept busy through the night, and although Brog Widdie, master smith and exiled Dhoonesman, would allow no man without an oath to work with hot iron, unsworn smiths and wireworkers would be busy socketing arrowheads and riveting coats of mail.
And not only small, riveting stories like the one about the rescuers at the Appalachian School of Law, but larger stories of potentially great significance to society at large.
His steady, riveting gaze carried a warmth through that thin thread of magnetism that connected them, setting her blood asimmer and her heart racing.
Slovaks were not working for Goesle or practicing music, Beck would have them shearing sheet metal or bending tubing or riveting and soldering together the fairly intricate bits of his hydrogen generator.
The riveting thing about Treat is how her cheeks are deeply pitted in these deep trenches that she packs with foundation and tries to cover over with blush, which along with the hair gives her the look of a mean clown.
This was done by riveting, soldering, the use of tenons and dovetailing castellated edges.
Down on the left, the jackhammer rattle of riveting guns sounded, and the tame lightnings of arc welders flashed blue in the dark.
At twenty-eight, living off book reviews and social security, pale and thin and interestingly dissolute, most typically to be seen wearing a col-larless white shirt and jeans tucked into misshapen brown bootslooking like the kind of ex-public-schoolboy who, perhaps, did some drug-impaired carpentering or gardening for the good and the great with his fiery politics and his riveting love affairs in which he was usually the crueller, Richard Tull published his first novel, Aforethought, in Britain and America.
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A heel chain clevis, and two hame line rings need replacing, and that means reworking and riveting the harness as well.
By happenstance we now see the Red Arrows, a top-notch team of pilots who put on riveting air shows, and stop by the side of the road a few miles south of Dornoch, near the town of Tain.
Law reviews, first minor and then major, began publishing his semi-controversial articles as much for their style as for their content, for the young associate professor had a seductive way with the written word, at once riveting and arcane, by turns flowery and incisive.