Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Tessella

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

TESSEL'LA. Diminutive of TESSERA. A small cube of marble, stone, or composition, employed in making tessellated, vermiculated, and mosaic pavements. Senec. Q. N. vi. 31. PAVIMENTUM, 3. and 4.