Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a small smooth rounded rock;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pebble \Peb"ble\, n. [AS. papolst[=a]n; 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.
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As children gathering pebbles on the shore.
--Milton.
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2. Transparent and colorless rock crystal; as, Brazilian
pebble; -- so called by opticians.
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Pebble powder, slow-burning gunpowder, in large cubical
grains.
Scotch pebble, varieties of quartz, as agate, chalcedony,
etc., obtained from cavities in amygdaloid.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pebble \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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pebble
n 1: a small smooth rounded rock
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
Pebble
A polymorphic language.
["A Kernel Language for Abstract Data Types and Modules",
R.M. Burstall & B. Lampson, in Semantics of Data Types, LNCS
173, Springer 1984].
(1995-01-26)