Defn: Abounding in pebbles. Thomson.
PEBBLESTONE
Peb"ble*stone`.
Defn: A pebble; also, pebbles collectively. "Chains of pebblestone."
Marlowe.
PEBBLY
Peb"bly, a.
Defn: Full of pebbles; pebbled. "A hard, pebbly bottom." Johnson.
PEBRINE
Pe`brine", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: An epidemic disease of the silkworm, characterized by the presence of minute vibratory corpuscles in the blood.
PECAN
Pe*can", n. Etym: [Cf. F. pacane the nut.] (Bot.)
Defn: A species of hickory (Carya olivæformis), growing in North America, chiefly in the Mississippi valley and in Texas, where it is one of the largest of forest trees; also, its fruit, a smooth, oblong nut, an inch or an inch and a half long, with a thin shell and well- flavored meat. [Written also pacane.]
PECARY
Pec"a*ry, n. (Zoöl.)