Tessellate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
tessellate
    v 1: fit together exactly, of identical shapes; "triangles
         tessellate"
    2: tile with tesserae; "tessellate the kitchen floor"
from The 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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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tessellate \Tes"sel*late\, a. [L. tesselatus.]
   Tessellated.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "tessellate":
      band, bar, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, blotch, check, checker,
      dapple, dot, fit in, flake, fleck, freckle, harlequin, implant,
      infix, inlay, iris, maculate, marble, marbleize, motley, mottle,
      pepper, polychrome, polychromize, rainbow, spangle, speck, speckle,
      splotch, spot, sprinkle, stigmatize, stipple, streak, striate,
      stripe, stud, tattoo, variegate, vein
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