n. [ AS. papolstān; cf. L. papula pimple, mote. See Stone. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
As children gathering pebbles on the shore. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Transparent and colorless rock crystal; as, Brazilian pebble; -- so called by opticians. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pebble powder, slow-burning gunpowder, in large cubical grains. -- Scotch pebble, varieties of quartz, as agate, chalcedony, etc., obtained from cavities in amygdaloid. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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