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(), n.[AS. papolstn; 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. Peb"ble 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. スポンサード リンク
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