Tesserae

3 definitions found

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

  Tessera \Tes"se*ra\, n.; pl. {Tesserae}. [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. --Fairholt.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tessera
       n : a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics
       [also: {tesserae} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tesserae
       See {tessera}