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cobble

English

Etymology

From Middle English cobill, kobill (used in various combinations with ston, stan (stone), note, nutt (nut), etc.), probably a diminutive of Middle English *cob, *cobb, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kubb- (lump; round object). Equivalent to cob +? -le.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?k?b.l?/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?b.?l/
  • Rhymes: -?b?l

Noun

cobble (plural cobbles)

  1. A cobblestone.
  2. (geology) A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
  3. Alternative form of coble (a kind of fishing-boat).

Translations

Verb

cobble (third-person singular simple present cobbles, present participle cobbling, simple past and past participle cobbled)

  1. (intransitive) To make shoes (what a cobbler does).
  2. (transitive) To assemble in an improvised way.
    I cobbled something together to get us through till morning.
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.

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pebble

English

Etymology

From Middle English pibel (also in pibleston), from Old English *papol, *pyppel, *pæbbel (found in Old English popelst?n, papolst?n (pebble-stone), pyppelr?pi? (pebble-stream)), of unknown origin. Compare Albanian popël.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?p?b.?l/
  • Rhymes: -?b?l

Noun

pebble (countable and uncountable, plural pebbles)

  1. A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
    • Then let the pebbles on the hungry beach
      Fillip the stars;
    • And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge;
      As children gathering pebbles on the shore.
  2. (geology) A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
  3. (curling) A small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface.
  4. Transparent and colourless rock crystal.
    Brazilian pebble
  5. A form of slow-burning gunpowder in large cubical grains.
    Synonyms: cube powder, prismatic powder

Translations

Verb

pebble (third-person singular simple present pebbles, present participle pebbling, simple past and past participle pebbled)

  1. (transitive) To pave with pebbles.
  2. (transitive, curling) To deposit water droplets on the ice.
    to pebble the ice between games
  3. (transitive) To give (leather) a rough appearance with small rounded prominences.
  4. (transitive, graph theory) To place a pebble at (a vertex of a graph) according to certain rules; see pebble game.

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