pebbled
simple past tense and past participle of pebble
pebbled
Having many pebbles
Having a surface that looks irregular, grainy, or crinkled.
Source: Wiktionary
Peb"bled, a.
Definition: Abounding in pebbles. Thomson.
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.
Peb"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pebbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pebbling.]
Definition: To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 May 2025
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
