||Tes"se*ra (?), n.; pl.
Tesseræ (#). [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.
||Tes"se*ra (?), n.; pl.
Tesseræ (#). [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.
