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(n.) 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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tessera'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/tessera.html. 1828.
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