mosaic tile; small tablet of wood or bone that was used as a token or ticket in ancient Greece and Rome
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Tessera Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
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die; square tablet marked with watchword| countersign; token| ticket
die; square tablet marked with watchword| countersign; token| ticket
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A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used as a ticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and as a token for various other purposes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used as a ticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and as a token for various other purposes.
tessera
\tes"se*ra\ (?), n.; pl. tesser? (#). [l., a square piece, a die. see tessellar.] a small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used as a ticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and as a token for various other purposes.
tessera
n : a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics
Noun
1. a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics
(hypernym) tile
(hyponym) tessella
(part-holonym) mosaic
(derivation) tessellate
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