Pebble

peb′l, n. a small roundish ball or stone: transparent and colourle rock-crystal used for gla in spectacles, a fine kind of gla : a large size of gunpowder.— v.t. to give (to leather) a rough appearance with small rounded prominences.— adjs. Pebb′led , Pebb′ly , full of pebbles.— ns. Pebb′le-pow′der , gunpowder consisting of large cubical grains, and burning slowly—also Cube-powder and Prismatic-powder ; Pebb′le-ware , a kind of fine pottery made of various coloured clays mixed together; Pebb′ling , a way of graining leather with a ribbed or roughened appearance. [A.S. papol -( -stán ), a pebble(-stone); akin to L. papula , a pustule.]