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.
Rivose
(Ri*vose") a. [From L. rivus a brook, channel.] Marked with sinuate and irregular furrows.
Rivulet
(Riv"u*let) n. [Earlier rivolet, It. rivoletto, a dim. fr. rivolo, L. rivulus, dim. of rivus a brook.
CF. Rival, Rite.] A small stream or brook; a streamlet.
By fountain or by shady rivulet
He sought them.
Milton. Rixation
(Rix*a"tion) n. [L. rixari, p. p. rixatus, to brawl, fr. rixa a quarrel.] A brawl or quarrel. [Obs.]
Rixatrix
(||Rix*a"trix) n. [L.] (Old Eng. Law) A scolding or quarrelsome woman; a scold. Burrill.
Rixdaler
(||Rix"da`ler) n. A Dutch silver coin, worth about $1.00.
Rix-dollar
(Rix"-dol`lar) n. [Sw. riksdaler, or Dan. rigsdaler, or D. rijksdaalder, or G. reichsthaler,
literally, dollar of the empire or realm, fr. words akin to E. rich, and dollar. See Rich, Dollar.] 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.
Most of these pieces are now no longer coined, but some remain in circulation.
Rizzar
(Riz"zar) v. t. [Etymol. uncertain.] To dry in the sun; as, rizzared haddock. [Scot.]
Roach
(Roach) n. (Zoöl.) A cockroach.
Roach
(Roach), n. [OE. rroche; cf. AS. reohha, D. rog, roch, G. roche, LG. ruche, Dan. rokke ray,
Sw. rocka, and E. ray a fish.]
1. (Zoöl.) (a) A European fresh-water fish of the Carp family It is silver-white, with a greenish back.
(b) An American chub (Semotilus bullaris); the fallfish. (c) The redfin, or shiner.
2. (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
(Roach), v. t.
1. To cause to arch.
2. To cut off, as a horse's mane, so that the part left shall stand upright.
Roach-backed
(Roach"-backed`) a. Having a back like that of roach; — said of a horse whose back a
convex instead of a concave curve.
Road
(Road) n. [AS. rad a riding, that on which one rides or travels, a road, fr. ridan to ride. See
Ride, and cf. Raid.]
1. A journey, or stage of a journey. [Obs.]
With easy roads he came to Leicester.
Shak. 2. An inroad; an invasion; a raid. [Obs.] Spenser.
