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▪ I. † ˈtessel Obs. rare. [ad. L. or It. tessella. So F. tesselle (Littré).] = tessella.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 132 Matter formed into Pils..or planed into Tessels. So † ˈtesseled 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.
1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 543 Yea all the house was paved with checker and tesseled worke. ▪ II. tessel, -e obs. forms of teasel. |