▪ I. † ˈtessel 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 † 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.
| 1603 Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 543 Yea all the house was paved with checker and tesseled worke. |
▪ II. tessel, -e
obs. forms of teasel.