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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 river, to fix, fasten together, of unknown origin; Skeat compares Icel. rifa, to stitch together)

RIVET (0. Fr. rivet, from
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RIVER
river, to
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FIX, THEODORE (180o-1846)
fix, fasten together, of unknown origin;
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SKEAT, WALTER WILLIAM (1835– )
Skeat compares Icel. rifa, to stitch together) , a

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metal

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PIN (a doublet with " pen " from Lat. pinna, feather, pinnacle, which is said to contain the same root as irirvs, pine tree, and properly to mean a sharp point or end)

pin or

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BOLT

bolt used to fasten metal plates together . A

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RIVET (0. Fr. rivet, from river, to fix, fasten together, of unknown origin; Skeat compares Icel. rifa, to stitch together)

rivet, made of wrought

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IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron,

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COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper or other malleable substance, is usually made with a

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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

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SCREW (O.E. scrue, from O. Fr. escroue, mod. ecrou; ultimate origin uncertain; the word, or a similar one, appears in Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Schraube, Dan. skrue, but Skeat, following Diaz, finds the origin in Lat. scrobs, a ditch, hole, particularl

screw-threads to hold a

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nut (see

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SHIPBUILDING

SHIPBUILDING) .

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