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pebble

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1. pebble - Noun

2. pebble - Verb

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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

I do not know what I may appear to the world but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay. Isaac Newton

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

One finger can't lift a pebble. Hindi Proverb

The pebble comes from the mountain. Arabic Proverb

A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections. Chinese Proverb

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