Definition of Pebble. Meaning of Pebble. Synonyms of Pebble

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Definition of Pebble

Pebble
Pebble 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.
Pebble
Pebble Peb"ble, n. [AS. papolst[=a]n; cf. L. papula pimple, 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.

Meaning of Pebble from wikipedia

- A pebble is a clast of rock with a particle size of 4–64 mm (0.16–2.52 in) based on the Udden-Wentworth scale of sedimentology. Pebbles are generally...
- pebble in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A pebble is a small clast of rock. Pebble may also refer to: Pebble Island Pebble Island Settlement Pebble...
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- Look up pebbles in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pebbles is the plural form of the word "pebble". Pebbles may also refer to: Pebbles (radio personality)...
- Pebble Beach is an unincorporated community on the Monterey Peninsula in Monterey County, California, United States. The small coastal residential community...
- The Makapansgat pebble or Makapansgat cobble (ca. 3,000,000 BP) is a pebble with natural chipping and wear patterns that make it look like a crude rendition...
- Pebble Mine is the common name of a proposed copper-gold-molybdenum mining project in the Bristol Bay region of Southwest Alaska, near Lake Iliamna and...
- Pebble Time is a discontinued smar****ch developed by Pebble Technology and ****embled by Foxlink, released on 14 May 2015. This is the first Pebble to...
- The Pebble and the Penguin is a 1995 American independent animated film directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. The film stars the voices of Martin Short...
- Wilma Anna Flintstone (née Wilma Anna Pebble or Slaghoople) is a fictional character in the television animated series The Flintstones. Wilma is the red-headed...