Tĕs'sel-lāte, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. TESSELLATED; p. pr. & vb. n. TESSELLATING.] [Lat. tessellare, from tessella. See supra.] To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work. The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the fashion of France. Macaulay.