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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Pebble

/pĕb'-əl/ · Peb·ble · IPA /ˈpɛb.əl/
01 n. A small roundish piece of stone; especially, a stone worn and rounded by the action of water; a pebblestone.
  1. 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. 2.
    Transparent and colorless rock crystal; as, Brazilian pebble; -- so called by opticians.
Phrases & compounds
Pebble powder — slow-burning gunpowder, in large cubical grains.
Scotch pebble — varieties of quartz, as agate, chalcedony, etc., obtained from cavities in amygdaloid.
02 v. t. To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences.
imp. & p. p. Pebbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pebbling
  1. 1.
    To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences.