Tessellating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tessellate \Tes"sel*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tessellated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Tessellating}.] [L. tessellatus tessellated.
     See {Tessellar}.]
     To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.
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           The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the
           fashion of France.                       --Macaulay.
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