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Meaning of ABACISCUS

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ab`a*cis"cus\ ([a^]b`[.a]*s[i^]s"k[u^]s), n. [Gr.
'abaki`skos, dim of 'a`bax. See {Abacus}.] (Arch.)
One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an
abaculus.
 
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