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1. n. A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water. | |
2. n. (geology) A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale. | |
3. n. (curling) A small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface. | |
4. n. Transparent and colourless rock crystal. | |
Brazilian pebble | |
5. v. To pave with pebbles. | |
6. v. (transitive, curling) To deposit water droplets on the ice. | |
to pebble the ice between games | |
7. v. To give (leather) a rough appearance with small rounded prominences. | |
8. v. (transitive, graph theory) To place a pebble at (a vertex of a graph) according to certain rules; see pebble game. | |