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.

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Tes"sel*late (?), a. [L. tesselatus.]

Tessellated.

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