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peb·bly

   [peb-lee]
adjective
1.
having or covered with pebbles: the pebbly beach at Nice.
2.
(of a texture, design, etc.) having a granular or pebbled surface: shoes with a pebbly finish.
Origin:
1590–1600; pebble + -y1
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pebble (ˈpɛbəl)
 
—n
1.  a.  a small smooth rounded stone, esp one worn by the action of water
 b.  geology a rock fragment, often rounded, with a diameter of 4--64 mm and thus smaller than a cobble but larger than a granule
2.  a.  a transparent colourless variety of rock crystal, used for making certain lenses
 b.  such a lens
3.  informal (modifier) (of a lens or of spectacles) thick, with a high degree of magnification or distortion
4.  a.  a grainy irregular surface, esp on leather
 b.  leather having such a surface
5.  informal chiefly (Austral) a troublesome or obstinate person or animal
 
—vb
6.  to pave, cover, or pelt with pebbles
7.  to impart a grainy surface to (leather)
 
[Old English papolstān, from papol- (perhaps of imitative origin) + stān stone]
 
'pebbly
 
—adj

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