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pebble

N กรวด  ก้อนกรวด  ก้อนหิน  stone flint klud

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PEBBLE, PEBBLESTONE

n.In popular usage, a roundish stone of any kind from the size of a nut to that of a man's head. In a philosophical sense, minerals distinguished from flints by their variety of colors, consisting of crystalline matter debased by earths of various kinds, with veins, clouds and other variegations, formed by incrustation round a central nucleus, but sometimes the effect of a simple concretion. Pebbles are much used in the pavement of streets. A general term for water-worn minerals.

 

PEBBLE-CRYSTAL

n.A crystal in form of nodules, found in earthy stratums and irregular in shape.

 

PEBBLED

a.Abounding with pebbles.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PEBBLE

Peb "ble, n. Etym: [AS. papolstan; 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.

 

PEBBLE

Peb "ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pebbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pebbling.]

 

Defn: To grain (leather ) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences.

 

PEBBLED

PEBBLED Peb "bled, a.

 

Defn: Abounding in pebbles. Thomson.

 

PEBBLESTONE

PEBBLESTONE Peb "ble *stone `.

 

Defn: A pebble; also, pebbles collectively. "Chains of pebblestone. " Marlowe.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pebble

peb ble |ˈpebəl ˈpɛbəl | ▶noun a small stone made smooth and round by the action of water or sand. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] informal (of an eyeglass lens ) very thick and convex: pebble glasses. DERIVATIVES peb bled adjective, peb bly |-(ə )lē |adjective ORIGIN late Old English, recorded as the first element of papel-stān ‘pebble-stone, ’ pyppelrīpig ‘pebble-stream, ’ of unknown origin. The word is recorded in place names from the early 12th cent. onward.

 

Pebble Beach

Peb ble Beach a resort on the Monterey Peninsula in west central California, site of a famous golf course.

 

pebble-dash

peb ble-dash |ˈpɛbəl ˌdæʃ | ▶noun chiefly Brit. mortar with pebbles in it, used as a coating for exterior walls. DERIVATIVES peb ble-dashed adjective

 

pebble-grained

peb ble-grained ▶adjective (of leather ) having a rough and indented surface as a result of treatment with a patterned roller.

 

Oxford Dictionary

pebble

peb ¦ble |ˈpɛb (ə )l | ▶noun a small stone made smooth and round by the action of water or sand. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] informal (of a spectacle lens ) very thick and convex: pebble glasses. PHRASES not the only pebble on the beach (especially of a former lover ) not unique or irreplaceable. DERIVATIVES pebbled adjective, pebbly adjective ( pebblier, pebbliest ) ORIGIN late Old English, recorded as the first element of papel-stān ‘pebble-stone ’, pyppelrīpig ‘pebble-stream ’, of unknown origin. The word is recorded in place names from the early 12th cent. onwards.

 

Pebble Beach

Peb ble Beach a resort on the Monterey Peninsula in west central California, site of a famous golf course.

 

pebble-dash

pebble-dash ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. mortar with pebbles in it, used as a coating for external walls. DERIVATIVES pebble-dashed adjective

 

pebble-grained

pebble-grained ▶adjective (of leather ) having a rough and indented surface as a result of treatment with a patterned roller.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pebble

peb ble /péb (ə )l /名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 C (海岸 川底にある磨耗で丸くなった )小石, 玉石 (→stone 1 ).2 U 水晶 ; C 水晶製のレンズ .3 U (皮革などの )石目 ; 石目皮 .be n ò t the ó nly p è bble on the b é ach ｟英話 ｠ほかに (いい人が )いないわけではない ; 大勢の中の1人にすぎない (!うぬぼれの強い人を戒めるために用いる ) .動詞 他動詞 1 〈道路 〉を小石で舗装する ▸ pebbled streets 小石で舗装された通り 2 〈革 紙などの表面 〉に石目模様を付ける .～́ d à sh ｟英 ｠(家の外壁用の )小石打ち込みセメント (｟米 ｠rock dash ) (!pebble-dashともつづる ) .