TESSELLATE
Tes"sel*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tessellated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tessellating.] Etym: [L. tessellatus tessellated. See Tessellar.]
Defn: To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.
The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the fashion of
France. Macaulay.
TESSELLATE
Tes"sel*late, a. Etym: [L. tesselatus.]
Defn: Tessellated.
TESSELLATED
Tes"sel*la`ted, a.
1. Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a tessellated pavement.
2. (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Defn: Marked like a checkerboard; as, a tessellated leaf.
TESSELLATION
Tes`sel*la"tion, n.
Defn: The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed. J.
Forsyth.