TESSELLATE

tessellate. Tessellate, a. chequered, variegated by squares

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Tes″sel‐late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tessellated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tessellating.] [[L. tessellatus tessellated. See Tessellar.]] To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work. The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the fashion of France. Macaulay.