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Meanings of rivet in English

Portuguese
focar
Catalan
clavar
Spanish
clavar
Wikidata

Direct one's attention on something.

        focar
        Russian
        заклёпка
        Portuguese
        arrebite
        Spanish
        roblón
        Catalan
        rebló
        Wikidata

        Permanent mechanical fastener.

                Related terms
                заклёпка
                Catalan
                tatxa

                Ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)

                      tatxa
                      Usage of rivet in English
                      1
                      Now slowly enough the smith began to rivet the chain round Cicely.
                      The Lady of Blossholme
                      2
                      The smallest vestiges of them rivet his attention and engage his interest.
                      A Son of the Gods, and A Horseman in the Sky
                      3
                      If he disappeared again, it would only rivet suspicion the more closely.
                      The Cinema Murder
                      4
                      He ordered the blacksmith to rivet securely iron shackles on my feet.
                      Marie; a story of Russian love
                      5
                      Free themselves, their grand object is to rivet the chains of others.
                      An Apology for Atheism / Addressed to Religious Investigators of...
                      6
                      You take another rivet out of the airplane and it still flies.
                      Feminist dot com
                      7
                      She felt Kilbuck's fingers working at the strands about the broken rivet.
                      Where the Sun Swings North
                      8
                      Even wide sidewalks of bridges sometimes have tension connections on rivet heads.
                      Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design / American S...
                      9
                      The young man leaned over him, speaking vehemently to rivet his attention.
                      The Rules of the Game
                      10
                      Miss Sally-Lou raised her voice tentatively, that she might rivet his attention.
                      The Desired Woman
                      11
                      Rest not till you rivet and publish yourself of your own Personality.
                      Leaves of Grass
                      12
                      That rivet was made out of the strongest material in the whole universe.
                      The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck: A Comedy of Limitations
                      13
                      It will rivet the attention of the reader, and hold it right through.
                      Platform Monologues
                      14
                      Suddenly something in the bolt itself seemed to rivet his attention.
                      The Mysterious Affair at Styles
                      15
                      Some natural hooks led to some bathooks, a rivet and more dimpled hooks.
                      Rock and Ice Magazine
                      16
                      We must rivet the attention of the public from the start, he says.
                      The Stark Munro Letters / Being series of twelve letters written...
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