Pebble

Definition of Pebble

Peb´ble

n.

1.

A small roundish piece of stone; especially, a stone worn and rounded by the action of water; a pebblestone.

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.

v. t.

1.

To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences.

[imp. & p. p. Pebbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pebbling.]

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