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TESSELLATED (Lat. tessellatus,)

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TESSELLATED (Lat. tessellatus,)

TESSELLATED (See also:
LAT
Lat. tessellatus,) , formed of tessellae, or small tesserae, cubes from See also:

HALF

half an See also:

INCH (O. Eng. ynce from Lat. uncia, a twelfthpart; cf. " ounce," and see As)

inch to an inch square like See also:

DICE (plural of die, O. Fr. de, derived from Lat. dare, to give)

dice, of pottery, See also:

stone, See also:

MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble, See also:

ENAMEL (formerly " amel," derived through the Fr. amail, emmll, esmail, from a Latin word smaltum, first found in a 9th-century life of Leo IV.)

enamel, &c.

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