Riveling, riv′ling, n. a rough shoe once worn in Scotland: (obs.) a Scotchman. [A.S. rifeling.]
River, riv′ėr, n. a large running stream of water.—adj. Riv′erain, riparian.—ns. Riv′er-bank, the bank of a river; Riv′er-bās′in, the whole region drained by a river and its affluents; Riv′er-bed, the channel in which a river flows; Riv′er-birch, the red birch; Riv′er-bott′om, the alluvial land along the margin of a river; Riv′er-carp, the common carp; Riv′er-chub, the horny-head or jerker; Riv′er-course, the bed of a river; Riv′er-crab, a fresh-water crab; Riv′er-craft, small vessels which ply on rivers; Riv′er-cray′fish, a crayfish proper; Riv′er-dol′phin, a Gangetic dolphin; Riv′er-drag′on (Milt.), a crocodile; Riv′er-duck, a fresh-water duck; Riv′eret, Riv′erling, a small river; Riv′er-flat, alluvial land along a river; Riv′er-god, the tutelary deity of a river; Riv′er-head, the spring of a river; Riv′er-hog, the capybara; Riv′er-horse, the hippopotamus.—adj. Riv′erine, pertaining to, or resembling, a river.—ns. Riv′er-jack, the common water-snake of Europe; Riv′er-man, one who makes his livelihood by dragging the river for sunken goods; River-muss′el, a fresh-water mussel; Riv′er-ott′er, the common European otter; Riv′er-perch, a Californian surf-fish; Riv′er-pie, the water-ousel; Riv′er-shore, the shore or bank of a river; Riv′er-side, the bank of a river; Riv′er-smelt, the gudgeon; Riv′er-snail, a pond snail; Riv′er-swall′ow, the sand-martin; Riv′er-tide, the tide from the sea rising or ebbing in a river; Riv′er-tor′toise, a soft-shelled turtle; Riv′er-wall, a wall made to confine the waters of a river within definite bounds.—adj. Riv′ery, pertaining to rivers, like rivers. [Fr. rivière (It. riviera, shore, river)—Low L. riparia, a shore district—L. ripa, a bank.]
Rivesaltes, rēv′salt, n. a sweet wine made from Muscat grapes. [Rivésaltes in southern France.]
Rivet, riv′et, n. bearded wheat.
Rivet, riv′et, n. a bolt of metal fastened by being hammered at both ends.—v.t. to fasten with a rivet: to make firm or immovable:—pr.p. riv′eting; pa.t. and pa.p. riv′eted.—ns. Riv′et-cut′ter, a tool for cutting off the ends of rivets; Riv′eter, Riv′etter; Riv′et-hearth, a light portable furnace for heating rivets; Riv′eting; Riv′eting-hamm′er; Riv′eting-machine′, a power-machine for forcing hot rivets into position in metal-work, and heading them; Riv′eting-set, a hollow-faced punch for swaging rivet-heads; Riv′et-knob, a tool for swaging rivet-heads; Riv′et-machine′, a machine for making rivets from rod-iron. [O. Fr. rivet; acc. to Diez from the root of Ice. rífa, Dan. rive, Ger. reiben, Eng. rive.]
Rivière, rē-viār, n. a necklace of precious stones, particularly diamonds. [Fr.]
Rivina, ri-vī′na, n. a genus of apetalous plants, the pokeweed family.
Riving, rī′ving, n. the act of separating.—ns. Ri′ving-knife, a tool for splitting shingles; Rī′ving-machine′, a machine for splitting wood for hoops.
Rivo, rī′vō, interj. (Shak.) a drinking cry.