Unrivet: alternatives and connections

To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.

The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the f…

A light, loose over-garment, like a smock frock, worn especially by workingmen in France; also, a loose coat of any material, as the u…

The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam.

A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, whic…

To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to p…

A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [Written also cauldron.]

To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper…

Covered with a cataphract, or armor of plates, scales, etc.; or with that which corresponds to this, as horny or bony plates, hard, ca…

A jacket or outer covering of wood, etc., to prevent radiation of heat, as from the boiler, cylinder. etc., of a steam engine.

A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.

To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (…

A vessel, especially a large boiler, made of copper.

A perforated block, commonly of hardened steel used in connection with a punch, for punching holes, as through plates, or blanks from…

To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; -- often with out; as, to dip water fr…

To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading.

The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; posse…