PEBBLE, PEBBLY
ADJECTIVES
► CALCULOSE stony, pebbly → 1420 obs.
NOUNS
► BIBBLE a pebble, stone, fossil → 1895 Eng. dial.
► BOBBLE a pebble → 1805 Eng. dial.
► BOONDY a stone or pebble → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► CALION a boulder or pebble → c1459 obs.
► DONNICK ► DORNICK a pebble, a stone, a small boulder → 1840 Amer. dial.
► GOOLEY a small stone or pebble → 1940s US & Aust. & NZ sl.
► GOONIE a small stone or pebble → 1940s US & Aust. & NZ sl.
► HANDSTONE a stone that can be lifted or thrown with the hand; a pebble → 1598 obs.
► JACKSTONE a small round pebble or stone → 1814
► JACKY-STONES pebbles → 1893 Eng. dial.
► JADSTANE the common white pebble, found on the sand or in beds of rivers → 1895 Sc.
► OCKERDOCKER a black pebble striped with some other colour → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUACK ► QUECK a pebble, a stone → 1923 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► YONNIE a flat stone or pebble suitable for skimming on water → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)