Thesaurus: pebble

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1. n. A small roundish stone or bowlder; especially, a stone worn and rounded by the action of water; a pebblestone.
2. n. Transparent and colorless rock crystal; as, Brazilian pebble; -- so called by opticians.
3. v. t. To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences.
4. n. a small smooth rounded rock
5. 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. To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences.
6. To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered withsmall rounded prominences.
7. n:100 n. a small smooth rounded rock