Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - pebble
Pebble
pebble
n. 1 a small smooth stone worn by the action of water. 2 a a type of colourless transparent rock-crystal used for spectacles. b a lens of this. c (attrib.) colloq. (of a spectacle-lens) very thick and convex. 3 an agate or other gem, esp. when found as a pebble in a stream etc. Phrases and idioms not the only pebble on the beach (esp. of a person) easily replaced. pebble-dash mortar with pebbles in it used as a coating for external walls. Derivatives pebbly adj. Etymology: OE papel-stan pebble-stone, pyppelripig pebble-stream, of unkn. orig.
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English pobble, from Old English papolstān, from papol(of unknown origin) + stān stone Date: 14th century a small usually rounded stone especially when worn by the action of water, transparent and colorless quartz ; rock crystal, an irregular, crinkled, or grainy surface, pebbly adjective II. transitive verb (~d; pebbling) Date: 1605 to pelt with ~s, to pave or cover with ~s or something resembling ~s, to grain (as leather) so as to produce a rough and irregularly indented surface ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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