tessellating

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tessellating - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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