pebble

noun

A small stone, especially one worn smooth by erosion.

noun

Clear colorless quartz; rock crystal.

noun

A lens made of such quartz.

noun

A rock fragment between 4 and 64 millimeters (0.16 and 2.51 inches) in diameter, especially one that has been naturally rounded.

noun

An irregularly rough, grainy surface, as on leather or paper.

transitive verb

To pave with pebbles.

transitive verb

To impart an irregularly rough, grainy surface to (leather or paper).

transitive verb

To pelt with pebbles.

To assume a prominent grain, or a rough or ribbed appearance, as leather when treated by the process called pebbling.