peb´ble|like´

peb´ble|like´
peb|ble «PEHB uhl», noun, verb, -bled, -bling.
–n.
1. a small stone, usually worn smooth and rounded, especially by being rolled about by water or by glacial action: »

to wake a person by throwing pebbles at his window. So wears the paving pebble in the street (John Dryden).

2. a rough, uneven surface leather, paper, or other material.
3. a substance, especially leather, with a rough, uneven surface.
4. a) a colorless transparent kind of rock crystal sometimes used instead of glass in spectacles. b) a lens made of this.
–v.t.
1. to pave with pebbles: »

to pebble a walk.

2. to prepare (leather) so that it has a grained surface.
3. to pelt with pebbles: »

The peasants…betook themselves to stones, and…pebbled the priest (Scott).

[Old English papolstānas pebblestones]
peb´ble|like´, adjective.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • peb|ble — «PEHB uhl», noun, verb, bled, bling. –n. 1. a small stone, usually worn smooth and rounded, especially by being rolled about by water or by glacial action: »to wake a person by throwing pebbles at his window. So wears the paving pebble in the… …   Useful english dictionary

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