About The Word Pebble
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Pebble Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Pebble?
[n] a small smooth rounded rock
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mote. See {Stone}.]
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.
\Peb"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pebbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pebbling}.] To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences. |
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