\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.
      The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the
      fashion of France.                       --Macaulay.

\Tes"sel*late\, a. [L. tesselatus.]
Tessellated.