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

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