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Definition of Pebble
Pebble

A small roundish stone or bowlder; especially, a stone worn and rounded by the action of water; a pebblestone.

Transparent and colorless rock crystal; as, Brazilian pebble; -- so called by opticians.

To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences.

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Pebble Quotations

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.
Henry Ward Beecher

It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.
Muhammad Ali

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.
Confucius

Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the lover makes the woman.
Victor Hugo

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
Blaise Pascal

Pebble Translations

pebble in French is galet
pebble in German is Kieselstein
pebble in Latin is calculus
pebble in Spanish is guijo, guijarro
pebble in Swedish is sten, kiselsten


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