pebbled

Variant of pebble

noun

    1. a small stone worn smooth and round, as by the action of water
    2. Geol. such a stone, smaller than a cobblestone, with a maximum diameter of 64 mm (c. 2.5 in)
  1. clear, transparent quartz or a lens made from it
  2. a surface grain of pebbly appearance, artificially produced on leather (), paper, etc.

Origin: ME pobble < OE papol-(stan), popol-(stan), pebble (stone), prob. of echoic orig.

transitive verb pebbled, pebbling

  1. to cover with pebbles or objects that look like pebbles
  2. to stamp (leather) so as to produce a pebbly appearance
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