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- noun Plural form of
tessella .
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Examples
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They were rather difficult to trace accurately; those parts of the traces which lay upon the black tessellae being less distinct in the outline than the others upon the white or colored.
The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English Julian Hawthorne 1890
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Then “Whenever in the Room, she felt a desire to run her fingers over the mosaics’ tessellae…” touch, and “The Room soothed her, calmed her.
Anatomy of a Story: The Amber Room « It Doesn't Have To Be Right… 2009
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