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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pebble \Peb"ble\, n. [AS. papolst[=a]n; 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pebble n : a small smooth rounded rock From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: 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)
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