Category:Pebble

Peb"ble, n. Etym: [as. papolstan; 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.

Pebble Peb"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pebbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pebbling.]

Defn: to grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with Small rounded prominences.