'Pebble' definitions:

Definition of 'pebble'

(from WordNet)
noun
A small smooth rounded rock

Definition of 'Pebble'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [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]

Definition of 'Pebble'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]