To fasten with a rivet or with rivets; as, to rivet two pieces of iron.

To clinch; as, to rivet a pin or bolt.

To fasten firmly; to make firm, strong or immovable; as, to rivet friendship or affection.

a pin of iron or other metal with a head, driven through a piece of timber or metal, and the point bent or spread and beat down fast, to prevent its being drawn out; or a pin or bolt clinched at both ends.