Obs. rare. [ad. L. or It. tessella. So F. tesselle (Littré).] = TESSELLA.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 132. Matter formed into Pils … or planed into Tessels.
So † Tesseled a. [perh. ad. It. tessellato, pa. pple. of tessellare ‘to make or worke checker-worke or inlaid worke’ (Florio), f. tessella a small tessera: cf. F. tessellé (Littré)], tessellated.
1603. Knolles, Hist. Turks (1621), 543. Yea all the house was paved with checker and tesseled worke.
