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pebbling

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.

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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