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Webster 1913 Edition
Pebble
1.
A small roundish piece of stone; 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 opticiansPebble powder
, slow-burning gunpowder, in large cubical grains.
– Scotch pebble
, varieties of quartz, as agate, chalcedony, etc., obtained from cavities in amygdaloid.
Peb′ble
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pebbled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pebbling
.] To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pebble
PEB'BLE
Definition 2024
pebble
pebble
English
Pebbles on a beach.
Noun
pebble (plural pebbles)
- A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
- Shakespeare
- the pebbles on the hungry beach
- Milton
- children gathering pebbles on the shore
- Shakespeare
- (geology) A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
- (curling) A small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface.
- Transparent and colourless rock crystal.
- Brazilian pebble
Translations
stone
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rock fragment between 4 and 64 millimetres in diameter
small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice
Verb
pebble (third-person singular simple present pebbles, present participle pebbling, simple past and past participle pebbled)
- To pave with pebbles.
- (curling) To deposit water droplets on the ice. e.g. to pebble the ice between games.
Translations
To pave with pebbles
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To deposit water droplets on the ice