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Pebble
Pronunciation : Peb"ble
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. papolstan; cf. L. papula pimple, mote. See Stone.]
Definition : 1. A small roundish stone or bowlder; especially, a stone worn and rounded by the action of water; a pebblestone. "The pebbles on the hungry beach." Shak. As children gathering pebbles on the shore. Milton.
2. Transparent and colorless rock crystal; as, Brazilian pebble; -- so called by opticians. Pebble powder, slow-burning gunpowder, in large cubical grains. -- Scotch pebble, varieties of quartz, as agate, chalcedony, etc., obtained from cavities in amygdaloid.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Peb"ble
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences.
t. [imp. & p. p. Pebbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pebbling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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