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tessera


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tessera  \Tes"se*ra\,  n.;  pl  {Tesser[ae]}.  [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. 




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