RIVE
Rive, v. i.
Defn: To be split or rent asunder.
Freestone rives, splits, and breaks in any direction. Woodward.
RIVE
Rive, n.
Defn: A place torn; a rent; a rift. [Prov. Eng.]
RIVEL
Riv"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Riveled;p. pr. & vb. n. Riveling.] Etym:
[AS. gerifled, geriflod, gerifod, wrinkled, geriflian, gerifian, to
wrinkle. See Rifle a gun, Rive.]
Defn: To contract into wrinkles; to shrivel; to shrink; as, riveled fruit; riveled flowers. [Obs.] Pope. "Riveled parchments." Walpole.
RIVEL
Riv"el, n.
Defn: A wrinkle; a rimple. [Obs.] Holland.
RIVEN
Riv"en,
Defn: p. p. & a. from Rive.