Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 71
Rival (n.) One who is in pursuit of the same object as another; one striving to reach or obtain something which another is attempting to obtain, and which one only can posses; a competitor; as, rivals in love; rivals for a crown.
Note: "Rivals, in the primary sense of the word, are those who dwell on the banks of the same stream. But since, as all experience shows, there is no such fruitful source of coutention as a water right, it would continually happen that these occupants of the opposite banks would be at strife with one another in regard of the periods during which they severally had a right to the use of the stream . . . And thus 'rivals' . . . came to be used of any who were on any grounds in more or less unfriendly competition with one another." -- Trench.
Syn: Competitor; emulator; antagonist.
Rival (a.) Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority; as, rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions.
The strenuous conflicts and alternate victories of two rival confederacies of statesmen. -- Macaulay.
Rivaled (imp. & p. p.) of Rival.
Rivalled () of Rival.
Rivaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rival.
Rivalling () of Rival.
Rival (v. t.) To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love.
Rival (v. t.) To strive to equal or exel; to emulate.
To rival thunder in its rapid course. -- Dryden.
Rival (v. i.) To be in rivalry. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Rival (n.) The contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" [syn: rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender].
Rival (v.) Be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents" [syn: equal, touch, rival, match].
Rival (v.) Be the rival of, be in competition with; "we are rivaling for first place in the race".
Rival (n.) [ C ] (C1) 競爭對手；敵手 A person, group, etc. competing with others for the same thing or in the same area.
// He beat his closest/ nearest rival by 20 marks.
// The companies produce rival versions of the toy.
Rival (v.) [ T ] (-ll- or US usually -l-) (C2) 可與…相媲美，比得上 To be as good, clever, beautiful, etc. as someone or something else.
// No computer can rival a human brain for/ in complexity.
The beauty of the country is only rivalled by (= is as great in degree as) the violence of its politics.
Rivaless (n.) A female rival. [Obs.] -- Richardson.
Rivality (n.) Rivalry; competition. [Obs.]
Rivality (n.) Equality, as of right or rank. [Obs.] -- hak.
Rivalries (n. pl. ) of Rivalry.
Rivalry (n.) The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition. "Keen contention and eager rivalries." -- Jeffrey.
Syn: Emulation; competition. See Emulation.
Rivalry (n.) The act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place" [syn: competition, contention, rivalry] [ant: cooperation].
Rivalship (n.) Rivalry. [R.] -- B. Jonson.
Rived (imp.) of Rive.
Rived (p. p.) of Rive.
Riven () of Rive.
Riving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rive.
Rive (v. t.) To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles.
I shall ryve him through the sides twain. -- Chaucer.
The scolding winds have rived the knotty oaks. -- Shak.
Brutus hath rived my heart. -- Shak.
Rive (v. i.) To be split or rent asunder.
Freestone rives, splits, and breaks in any direction. -- Woodward.
Rive (n.) A place torn; a rent; a rift. [Prov. Eng.]
Rive (v.) Tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" [syn: rend, rip, rive, pull].
Rive (v.) Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone" [syn: cleave, split, rive].
Riveled (imp. & p. p.) of Rivel.
Riveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rivel.
Rivel (v. t.) To contract into wrinkles; to shrivel; to shrink; as, riveled fruit; riveled flowers. [Obs.] -- Pope. "Riveled parchments." -- Walpole.
Rivel (n.) A wrinkle; a rimple. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Riven () p. p. & a. from Rive.
River (n.) One who rives or splits.
River (n.) A large stream of water flowing in a bed or channel and emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream; a stream larger than a rivulet or brook.
Transparent and sparkling rivers, from which it is delightful to drink as they flow. -- Macaulay.
River (n.) Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers of blood; rivers of oil.
River chub (Zool.), The hornyhead and allied species of fresh-water fishes.
River crab (Zool.), Any species of fresh-water crabs of the genus Thelphusa, as Thelphusa depressa of Southern Europe.
River dragon, A crocodile; -- applied by Milton to the king of Egypt.
River driver, A lumberman who drives or conducts logs down rivers. -- Bartlett.
River duck (Zool.), Any species of duck belonging to Anas, Spatula, and allied genera, in which the hind toe is destitute of a membranous lobe, as in the mallard and pintail; -- opposed to sea duck.
River god, A deity supposed to preside over a river as its tutelary divinity.
River herring (Zool.), An alewife.
River hog. (Zool.) Any species of African wild hogs of the genus Potamoch[oe]rus. They frequent wet places along the rivers.
River hog. (Zool.) The capybara.
River horse (Zool.), The hippopotamus.
River jack (Zool.), An African puff adder ({Clotho nasicornis) having a spine on the nose.
River limpet (Zool.), A fresh-water, air-breathing mollusk of the genus Ancylus, having a limpet-shaped shell.
River pirate (Zool.), The pike.
River snail (Zool.), Any species of fresh-water gastropods of Paludina, Melontho, and allied genera. See Pond snail, under Pond.
River tortoise (Zool.), Any one of numerous fresh-water tortoises inhabiting rivers, especially those of the genus Trionyx and allied genera. See Trionyx.
River (v. i.) To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl. [Obs.] -- Halliwell.
River (n.) A large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles".
River, () Heb. 'aphik, properly the channel or ravine that holds water (2 Sam. 22:16), translated "brook," "river," "stream," but not necessarily a perennial stream (Ezek. 6:3; 31:12; 32:6; 34:13).
River, () Heb. nahal, in winter a "torrent," in summer a "wady" or valley (Gen. 32:23; Deut. 2:24; 3:16; Isa. 30:28; Lam. 2:18; Ezek. 47:9).
These winter torrents sometimes come down with great suddenness and with desolating force. A distinguished traveler thus describes his experience in this matter:, "I was encamped in Wady Feiran, near the base of Jebel Serbal, when a tremendous thunderstorm burst upon us. After little more than an hour's rain, the water rose so rapidly in the previously dry wady that I had to run for my life, and with great difficulty succeeded in saving my tent and goods; my boots, which I had not time to pick up, were washed away. In less than two hours a dry desert wady upwards of 300 yards broad was turned into a foaming torrent from 8 to 10 feet deep, roaring and tearing down and bearing everything upon it, tangled masses of tamarisks, hundreds of beautiful palmtrees, scores of sheep and goats, camels and donkeys, and even men, women, and children, for a whole encampment of Arabs was washed away a few miles above me. The storm commenced at five in the evening; at half-past nine the waters were rapidly subsiding, and it was evident that the flood had spent its force." (Comp. Matt. 7:27; Luke 6:49.)
River, () Nahar, a "river" continuous and full, a perennial stream, as the Jordan, the Euphrates (Gen. 2:10; 15:18; Deut. 1:7; Ps. 66:6; Ezek. 10:15).
River, () Tel'alah, a conduit, or water-course (1 Kings 18:32; 2 Kings 18:17; 20:20; Job 38:25; Ezek. 31:4).
River, () Peleg, properly "waters divided", i.e., streams divided, throughout the land (Ps. 1:3); "the rivers [i.e., 'divisions'] of waters" (Job 20:17; 29:6; Prov. 5:16).
River, () Ye'or, i.e., "great river", probably from an Egyptian word (Aur), commonly applied to the Nile (Gen. 41:1-3), but also to other rivers (Job 28:10; Isa. 33:21).
River, () Yubhal, "a river" (Jer. 17:8), a full flowing stream.
River, () 'Ubhal, "a river" (Dan. 8:2).
River. () A natural collection of waters, arising from springs or fountains, which flow in a bed or canal of considerable width and length, towards the sea.
River. () Rivers may be considered as public or private.
River. () Public rivers are those in which the public have an interest.
River. () They are either navigable, which, technically understood, signifies such rivers in which the tide flows; or not navigable. The soil or bed of such a navigable river, understood in this sense, belongs not to the riparian proprietor, but to the public. 3 Caines' Rep. 307; 10 John. R. 236; 17 John. R. 151; 20 John. R. 90; 5 Wend. R. 423; 6 Cowen, R. 518; 14 Serg. & Rawle, 9; 1 Rand. Rep. 417; 3 Rand. R. 33; 3 Greenl. R. 269; 2 Conn. R. 481; 5 Pick. 199.
River. () Public rivers, not navigable, are those which belong to the people in general, as public highways. The soil of these rivers belongs generally, to the riparian owner, but the public have the use of the stream, and the authors of nuisances and impediments over such a stream are indictable. Ang. on Water Courses, 202; Davies' Rep. 152; Callis on Sewers, 78; 4 Burr. 2162.
River. () By the ordinance of 1787, art. 4, relating to the northwestern territory, it is provided that the navigable waters, leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free. 3 Story, L. U. S. 2077.
River. () A private river, is one so naturally obstructed, that there is no passage for boats; for if it be capable of being so navigated, the public may use its waters. 1 McCord's Rep. 580. The soil in general belongs to the riparian proprietors. (q.v.) A river, then, may be considered, 1st. As private, in the case of shallow and obstructed streams. 2d. As private property, but subject to public use, when it can be navigated; and, 3d. As public, both with regard to its use and property. Some rivers possess all these qualities. The Hudson is mentioned as an instance; in one part it is entirely private property; in another the public have the use of it; and it is public property from the mouth as high up as the tide flows. Ang. Wat. Co. 205, 6.
River. () In Pennsylvania, it has been held that the great rivers of that state, as the Susquehanna, belong to the public, and that the riparian proprietor does not own the bed or canal. 2 Binn. R. 75; 14 Serg. & Rawle, 71. Vide, generally, Civ. Code of Lo. 444; Bac. Ab. Prerogatives, B 3; 7 Com. Dig. 291; 1 Bro. Civ. Law, 170; Merl. Repert, h.t.; Jacobsen's Sea Laws, 417; 2 Hill. Abr. c. 13; 2 Fairf. R. 278 3 Ohio Rep. 496; 6 Mass. R. 435; 15 John. R. 447; 1 Pet. C. C. Rep. 64; 1 Paige's Rep. 448; 3 Dane's R. 4; 7 Mass. Rep. 496; 17 Mass. Rep. 289; 5 Greenl. R. 69; 10 Wend. R. 260; Kames, Eq. 38; 6 Watts & Serg. 101. As to the boundaries of rivers, see Metc. & Perk. Dig. Boundaries, IV.; as to the grant of a river, see 5 Cowen, 216; Co. Litt. 4 b; Com. Dig. Grant, E 5.
Rivered (a.) Supplied with rivers; as, a well rivered country.
Riveret (n.) A rivulet. [Obs.] -- Drayton.
Riverhood (n.) The quality or state of being a river. "Useful riverhood." -- H. Miller.
Riverine (a.) Relating to, formed by, or resembling a river
Riverine (a.) L iving or situated on the banks of a river.
Riverling (n.) A rivulet. [R.] -- Sylvester.
Riverside (n.) The side or bank of a river.
Riverside (n.) A city in southern California.
Riverside -- U.S. County in California
Population (2000): 1545387
Housing Units (2000): 584674
Land area (2000): 7207.369000 sq. miles (18666.999221 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 95.760818 sq. miles (248.019369 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 7303.129818 sq. miles (18915.018590 sq. km)
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 33.783307 N, 116.803605 W
Headwords:
Riverside
Riverside, CA
Riverside County
Riverside County, CA
Riverside, AL -- U.S. town in Alabama
Population (2000): 1564
Housing Units (2000): 793
Land area (2000): 8.945503 sq. miles (23.168745 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.628776 sq. miles (4.218511 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 10.574279 sq. miles (27.387256 sq. km)
FIPS code: 64920
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 33.614465 N, 86.200678 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 35135
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Headwords:
Riverside, AL
Riverside
Riverside, WY -- U.S. town in Wyoming
Population (2000): 59
Housing Units (2000): 45
Land area (2000): 0.261514 sq. miles (0.677318 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.261514 sq. miles (0.677318 sq. km)
FIPS code: 66075
Located within: Wyoming (WY), FIPS 56
Location: 41.215243 N, 106.782961 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
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Riverside
Riverside, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 2979
Housing Units (2000): 1384
Land area (2000): 5.327436 sq. miles (13.797996 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.340535 sq. miles (0.881982 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.667971 sq. miles (14.679978 sq. km)
FIPS code: 62156
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 39.174903 N, 94.622414 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
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Riverside
Riverside, CA -- U.S. city in California
Population (2000): 255166
Housing Units (2000): 85974
Land area (2000): 78.098141 sq. miles (202.273249 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.277445 sq. miles (0.718579 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 78.375586 sq. miles (202.991828 sq. km)
FIPS code: 62000
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 33.948065 N, 117.396127 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 92501 92503 92504 92505 92506 92507 92508
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Headwords:
Riverside, CA
Riverside
Riverside, NY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New York
Population (2000): 2875
Housing Units (2000): 926
Land area (2000): 5.103032 sq. miles (13.216791 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.103766 sq. miles (0.268752 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.206798 sq. miles (13.485543 sq. km)
FIPS code: 62066
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 40.907643 N, 72.662591 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
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Riverside
Riverside, NY -- U.S. village in New York
Population (2000): 594
Housing Units (2000): 243
Land area (2000): 0.283438 sq. miles (0.734100 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.005077 sq. miles (0.013149 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.288515 sq. miles (0.747249 sq. km)
FIPS code: 62061
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 42.155682 N, 77.079115 W
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Riverside
Riverside, GA -- U.S. town in Georgia
Population (2000): 57
Housing Units (2000): 26
Land area (2000): 0.216117 sq. miles (0.559740 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.216117 sq. miles (0.559740 sq. km)
FIPS code: 65604
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 31.178587 N, 83.805121 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
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Riverside
Riverside, OH -- U.S. city in Ohio
Population (2000): 23545
Housing Units (2000): 10289
Land area (2000): 7.857343 sq. miles (20.350424 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.040786 sq. miles (0.105634 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 7.898129 sq. miles (20.456058 sq. km)
FIPS code: 67468
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 39.778858 N, 84.123094 W
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Riverside
Riverside, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 8895
Housing Units (2000): 3668
Land area (2000): 1.972670 sq. miles (5.109191 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.015035 sq. miles (0.038940 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.987705 sq. miles (5.148131 sq. km)
FIPS code: 64421
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 41.830881 N, 87.815981 W
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Headwords:
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Riverside
Riverside, OR -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oregon
Population (2000): 189
Housing Units (2000): 82
Land area (2000): 0.595975 sq. miles (1.543568 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.595975 sq. miles (1.543568 sq. km)
FIPS code: 62412
Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location: 45.675654 N, 118.739434 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 97917
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Headwords:
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Riverside
Riverside, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 1861
Housing Units (2000): 799
Land area (2000): 4.841415 sq. miles (12.539208 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.466460 sq. miles (1.208125 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.307875 sq. miles (13.747333 sq. km)
FIPS code: 65112
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.953663 N, 76.634872 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 17868
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Headwords:
Riverside, PA
Riverside
Riverside, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 928
Housing Units (2000): 396
Land area (2000): 1.006909 sq. miles (2.607882 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.006909 sq. miles (2.607882 sq. km)
FIPS code: 67440
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 41.481891 N, 91.576631 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 52327
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Headwords:
Riverside, IA
Riverside
Riverside, MD -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Maryland
Population (2000): 6128
Housing Units (2000): 2466
Land area (2000): 2.411628 sq. miles (6.246087 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.411628 sq. miles (6.246087 sq. km)
FIPS code: 66762
Located within: Maryland (MD), FIPS 24
Location: 39.476385 N, 76.244943 W
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Riverside, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 425
Housing Units (2000): 269
Land area (2000): 1.892232 sq. miles (4.900858 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.165614 sq. miles (0.428937 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.057846 sq. miles (5.329795 sq. km)
FIPS code: 62408
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 30.847070 N, 95.398092 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
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Riverside
Riverside, UT -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Utah
Population (2000): 678
Housing Units (2000): 203
Land area (2000): 6.734722 sq. miles (17.442850 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.734722 sq. miles (17.442850 sq. km)
FIPS code: 64230
Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location: 41.806729 N, 112.140328 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
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Riverside
Riverside, WA -- U.S. town in Washington
Population (2000): 348
Housing Units (2000): 153
Land area (2000): 0.893474 sq. miles (2.314088 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.078962 sq. miles (0.204510 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.972436 sq. miles (2.518598 sq. km)
FIPS code: 58795
Located within: Washington (WA), FIPS 53
Location: 48.502830 N, 119.508718 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 98849
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Headwords:
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Riverside
Rivery (a.) Having rivers; as, a rivery country. -- Drayton.
Rivet (n.) A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends.
With busy hammers closing rivets up. -- Shak.
Rivet joint, or Riveted joint, a joint between two or more pieces secured by rivets.
Riveted (imp. & p. p.) of Rivet.
Riveting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rivet.
Rivet (v. t.) To fasten with a rivet, or with rivets; as, to rivet two pieces of iron.
Rivet (v. t.) 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.
Rivet (v. t.) 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.
Rivet (n.) Ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt) [syn: stud, rivet].
Rivet (n.) Heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together.
Rivet (v.) Direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" [syn: concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet].
Rivet (v.) Fasten with a rivet or rivets.
Rivet (v.) Hold (someone's attention); "The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists".
Riveter (n.) One who rivets.
Riveter (n.) A worker who inserts and hammers rivets [syn: riveter, rivetter].
Riveter (n.) A machine for driving rivets [syn: riveting machine, riveter, rivetter].
Riveting (n.) The act of joining with rivets; the act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.
Riveting (n.) 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.
Riveting (a.) Cpable of arousing and holding the attention; "a fascinating story" [syn: absorbing, engrossing, fascinating, gripping, riveting].
Rivose (a.) Marked with sinuate and irregular furrows.
Rivulet (n.) A small stream or brook; a streamlet.
By fountain or by shady rivulet He sought them. -- Milton.
Rivulet (n.) A small stream [syn: rivulet, rill, run, runnel, streamlet].
Rixation (n.) A brawl or quarrel. [Obs.]
Rixatrix (n.) [L.] (Old Eng. Law) A scolding or quarrelsome woman; a scold. -- Burrill.
Rixatrix. () A common scold. (q.v.)
Rixdaler (n.) A Dutch silver coin, worth about $1.00.
Rix-dollar (n.) A name given to several different silver coins of Denmark, Holland, Sweden,, NOrway, etc., varying in value from about 30 cents to $1.10; also, a British coin worth about 36 cents, used in Ceylon and at the Cape of Good Hope. See Rigsdaler, Riksdaler, and Rixdaler.
Note: Most of these pieces are now no longer coined, but some remain in circulation.
Rizzar (v. t.) To dry in the sun; as, rizzared haddock. [Scot.]
Roach (n.) (Zool.) A cockroach.
Roach (n.) (Zool.) A European fresh-water fish of the Carp family ({Leuciscus rutilus). It is silver-white, with a greenish back.
Roach (n.) (Zool.) An American chub ({Semotilus bullaris); the fallfish.
Roach (n.) (Zool.) The redfin, or shiner.
Roach (n.) (Naut.) A convex curve or arch cut in the edge of a sail to prevent chafing, or to secure a better fit.
As sound as a roach [roach perhaps being a corruption of a F. roche a rock], perfectly sound.
Roach (v. t.) To cause to arch.
Roach (v. t.) To cut off, as a horse's mane, so that the part left shall stand upright.
Roach (n.) A roll of hair brushed back from the forehead.
Roach (n.) The butt of a marijuana cigarette.
Roach (n.) Street names for flunitrazepan [syn: R-2, Mexican valium, rophy, rope, roofy, roach, forget me drug, circle].
Roach (n.) Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests [syn: cockroach, roach].
Roach (n.) European freshwater food fish having a greenish back [syn: roach, Rutilus rutilus].
Roach (v.) Comb (hair) into a roach.
Roach (v.) Cut the mane off (a horse).
Roach (v. t.) [Bell Labs] To destroy, esp. of a data structure. Hardware gets toasted or fried, software gets roached. Probably derived from '70s and '80s drug slang; marijuana smokers used ?roach? to refer to the unsmokable remnant of a joint, and to ?roach? a joint was therefore to destroy it.
Roach, () A Bell Labs term meaning destroy, especially of a data structure. Hardware gets toasted or fried, software gets roached.
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Roach-backed (a.) Having a back like that of roach; -- said of a horse whose back a convex instead of a concave curve.
Road (n.) A journey, or stage of a journey. [Obs.]
With easy roads he came to Leicester. -- Shak.
Road (n.) An inroad; an invasion; a raid. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Road (n.) A place where one may ride; an open way or public passage for vehicles, persons, and animals; a track for travel, forming a means of communication between one city, town, or place, and another.
The most villainous house in all the London road. -- Shak.
Note: The word is generally applied to highways, and as a generic term it includes highway, street, and lane.
Road (n.) A place where ships may ride at anchor at some distance from the shore; a roadstead; -- often in the plural; as, Hampton Roads. -- Shak.
Now strike your saile, ye jolly mariners, For we be come unto a quiet rode [road]. -- Spenser.
On the road, or Upon the road, Traveling or passing over a road; coming or going; traveling; on the way.
My hat and wig will soon be here, They are upon the road. -- Cowper.
Road agent, A highwayman, especially on the stage routes of the unsettled western parts of the United States; -- a humorous euphemism. [Western U.S.]
The highway robber -- road agent he is quaintly called. -- The century.
Road book, A guidebook in respect to roads and distances.
Road kill See roadkill in the vocabulary.
Road metal, The broken, stone used in macadamizing roads.
Road roller, A heavy roller, or combinations of rollers, for making earth, macadam, or concrete roads smooth and compact. -- often driven by steam.
Road runner (Zool.), The chaparral cock.
Road steamer, A locomotive engine adapted to running on common roads.
To go on the road, To engage in the business of a commercial traveler. [Colloq.]
To take the road, To begin or engage in traveling.
To take to the road, To engage in robbery upon the highways.
Syn: Way; highway; street; lane; pathway; route; passage; course. See Way.
Road (n.) An open way (generally public) for travel or transportation [syn: road, route].
Road (n.) A way or means to achieve something; "the road to fame".
Road, () (1 Sam. 27:10; R.V., "raid"), An inroad, an incursion. This word is never used in Scripture in the sense of a way or path.
Road, () A passage through the country for the use of the people. 3 Yeates, 421.
Road, () Roads are public or private. Public roads are laid out by public authority, or dedicated by individuals to public use. The public have the use of such roads, but the owner of the land over which they are made and the owners of land bounded on the highway, have, prima facie, a fee in such highway, ad medium filum vice, subject to the easement in favor of the public. 1 Conn. 193; 11 Conn. 60; 2 John. 357 15 John. 447. But where the boundary excludes the highway, it is, of course, excluded. 11 Pick. 193. See 13 Mass. 259. The proprietor of the soil, is therefore entitled to all the fruits which grow by its side; 16 Mass. 366, 7; and to all the mineral wealth it contains. 1 Rolle, 392, 1. 5; 4 Day, R. 328; 1 Conn'. Rep, 103; 6 Mass. R. 454; 4 Mass, R. 427; 15 Johns. Rep. 447, 583; 2 Johns. R. 357; Com. Dig. Chimin, A 2; 6 Pet. 498; 1 Sumn. 21; 10 Pet. 25; 6 Pick. 57; 6 Mass. 454; 12 Wend. 98.
Road, () There are public roads, such as turnpikes and railroads, which are constructed by public authority, or by corporations. These are kept in good order by the respective companies to which they belong, and persons travelling on them, with animals and vehicles, are required to pay toll. In general these companies have only a right of passage over the land, which remains the property, subject to the easement, of the owner at the time the road was made or of his heirs or assigns.
Road, () Private roads are, such as are used for private individuals only, and are not wanted for the public generally. Sometimes roads of this kind are wanted for the accommodation of land otherwise enclosed and without access to public roads. The soil of such roads belongs to the owner of the land over which they are made.
Road, () Public roads are kept in repair at the public expense, and private roads by those who use them. Vide Domain; Way. 13 Mass. 256; 1 Sumn. Rep. 21; 2 Hill. Ab. c. 7; 1 Pick. R. 122; 2 Mass. R. 127 6 Mass. R. 454; 4 Mass. R. 427; 15 Mass. Rep. 33; 3 Rawle, R. 495; 1 N. H. Rep. 16; 1 McCord, R. 67; 1 Conn. R. 103; 2 John. R. 357; 1 John. Rep. 447; 15 John. R. 483; 4 Day, Rep. 330; 2 Bailey, Rep. 271; 1 Burr. 133; 7 B. & Cr. 304; 11 Price R. 736; 7 Taunt. R. 39; Str. 1004. 1 Shepl. R. 250; 5 Conn. Rep. 528; 8 Pick. R. 473; Crabb, R. P. Sec. 102-104.
Road, () mar. law. A road is defined by Lord Hale to be an open passage of the sea, which, from the situation of the adjacent land, and its own depth and wideness, affords a secure place for the common riding and anchoring of vessels. Hale de Port. Mar. p. 2, c. 2. This word, however, does not appear to have a very definite meaning. 2 Chit. Com. Law, 4, 5.
Road (n.) A strip of land along which one may pass from where it is too tiresome to be to where it is futile to go.
All roads, () Howsoe'er they diverge, lead to Rome, Whence, thank the good Lord, at least one leads back home. Borey the Bald
Roadbed (n.) In railroads, the bed or foundation on which the superstructure (ties, rails, etc.) rests; in common roads, the whole material laid in place and ready for travel.
Roadbed (n.) A bed supporting a road.
Roadless (a.) Destitute of roads.
Roadless (a.) Lacking pathways; "trackless wilderness"; "roadless areas" [syn: pathless, roadless, trackless, untracked, untrod, untrodden].
Roadmaker (n.) One who makes roads.
Roadside (n.) Land adjoining a road or highway; the part of a road or highway that borders the traveled part. Also used ajectively.
Roadside (n.) Edge of a way or road or path; "flowers along the wayside" [syn: wayside, roadside].
Roadstead (n.) An anchorage off shore. Same as Road, 4.
Moored in the neighboring roadstead. -- Longfellow.
Roadstead (n.) A partly sheltered anchorage [syn: roads, roadstead]
Roadster (n.) (Naut.) A clumsy vessel that works its way from one anchorage to another by means of the tides. -- Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Roadster (n.) A horse that is accustomed to traveling on the high road, or is suitable for use on ordinary roads.
A sound, swift, well-fed hunter and roadster. -- Thackeray.
Roadster (n.) A bicycle or tricycle adapted for common roads rather than for the racing track.
Roadster (n.) One who drives much; a coach driver. [Eng.]
Roadster (n.) A hunter who keeps to the roads instead of following the hounds across country. [Eng. Slang.]
Roadster (n.) An open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat [syn: roadster, runabout, two-seater].
Roadster (n.) A small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse [syn: buggy, roadster].
Roadway (n.) A road; especially, the part traveled by vehicles. -- Shak.
Roadway (n.) A road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel.
Roamed (imp. & p. p.) of Roam.
Roaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Roam.
Roam (v. i.) To go from place to place without any certain purpose or direction; to rove; to wander.
He roameth to the carpenter's house. -- Chaucer.Daphne roaming through a thorny wood. -- Shak.
Syn: To wander; rove; range; stroll; ramble.
Roam (v. t.) To range or wander over.
And now wild beasts came forth the woods to roam. -- Milton.
Roam (n.) The act of roaming; a wandering; a ramble; as, he began his roam o'er hill amd dale. -- Milton.
Roam (v.) Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond].
Roamer (n.) One who roams; a wanderer.
Roan (a.) Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse.
Give my roan a drench. -- Shak.
Roan (a.) Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding.
Roan antelope (Zool.), A very large South African antelope ({Hippotragus equinus). It has long sharp horns and a stiff bright brown mane. Called also mahnya, equine antelope, and bastard gemsbok.
Roan (n.) The color of a roan horse; a roan color.
Roan (n.) A roan horse.
Roan (n.) A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco. -- DeColange.
Roan tree. (Bot.) See Rowan tree.
Roan (a.) (Used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey; "a roan horse"
Roan (n.) A soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding.
Roan (n.) A horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray.
Roared (imp. & p. p.) of Roar.
Roaring (p. pr. & vvb. n.) of Roar.
Roar (v. i.) To cry with a full, loud, continued sound. Specifically:
Roar (v. i.) To bellow, or utter a deep, loud cry, as a lion or other beast.
Roaring bulls he would him make to tame. -- Spenser.
Roar (v. i.) To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger.
Sole on the barren sands, the suffering chief Roared out for anguish, and indulged his grief. -- Dryden.
He scorned to roar under the impressions of a finite anger. -- South.
Roar (v. i.) To make a loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing vehicles, a crowd of persons when shouting together, or the like.
The brazen throat of war had ceased to roar. -- Milton.
How oft I crossed where carts and coaches roar. -- Gay.
Roar (v. i.) To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
It was a
mad, roaring time, full of extravagance. -- Bp. Burnet.
Roar (v. i.) To laugh out loudly and continuously; as, the
hearers roared at his jokes.
Roar (v. i.) To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses having a certain disease. See Roaring, 2.
Roaring boy, A roaring, noisy fellow; -- name given, at the latter end Queen Elizabeth's reign, to the riotous fellows who raised disturbances in the street. "Two roaring boys of Rome, that made all split." -- Beau. & Fl.
Roaring forties (Naut.), A sailor's name for the stormy tract of ocean between 40[deg] and 50[deg] north latitude.
Roar (v. t.) To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
This last action will roar thy infamy. -- Ford.
Roar (n.) The sound of roaring. Specifically:
Roar (n.) The deep, loud cry of a wild beast; as, the roar of a lion.
Roar (n.) The cry of one in pain, distress, anger, or the like.