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n. கூழாங்கல், மூக்குக் கண்ணாடிச் சில்லுகளுக்குப் பயன்படும் படிகப் பாறைப்பாளம், மூக்குக் கண்ணாடிச் சில்லு, மணிக்கல்ளவகை.


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


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