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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 387 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RIVET (0. Fr. rivet, from See also:river, to See also:fix, fasten together, of unknown origin; See also:Skeat compares Icel. rifa, to stitch together)  , a See also:metal See also:pin or See also:bolt used to fasten metal plates together . A See also:rivet, made of wrought See also:iron, See also:copper or other malleable substance, is usually made with a See also:head at one end, the other end being hammered out after passing through the plates so as to keep them closely fastened together . A " bolt " differs from a rivet in that one or both ends have See also:screw-threads to hold a See also:nut (see See also:SHIPBUILDING) .

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