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Anobium tessellatumDeathwatch Death"watch` (?; 224), n.
1. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied
species). By forcibly striking its head against
woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of
the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by
superstitious people to presage death.
(b) A small wingless insect, of the family Psocid[ae],
which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called
also deathtick.
She is always seeing apparitions and hearing
deathwatches. --Addison.
I did not hear the dog howl, mother, or the
deathwatch beat. --Tennyson.
2. The guard set over a criminal before his execution. Contesseration
Contesseration Con*tes`ser*a"tion, n. [L. contesseratio, from
contesserare to contract friendship by means of the tesserae
(friendship tokens).]
An assemblage; a collection; harmonious union. [Obs.]
That person of his [George Herbert], which afforded so
unusual a contesseration of elegancies. --Oley.
CountessesCountess Count"ess (kount"?s), n.; pl. Countesses (-?s). [F.
comtesse. See Count a nobleman.]
The wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count in
the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same
dignity in her own right. See the Note under Count. Politesse
Politesse Pol`i*tesse", n. [F.]
Politeness.
portessePortass Por"tass, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so
called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.]
A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously portace,
portasse, portesse, portise, porthose, portos,
portus, portuse, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden.
By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer. PortessePortesse Por"tesse, n.
See Porteass. [Obs.] --Tyndale. Pultesse
Pultesse Pul"tesse, Pultise Pul"tise, n.
Poultry. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Quintessence
Quintessence Quin*tes"sence, v. t.
To distil or extract as a quintessence; to reduce to a
quintessence. [R.] --Stirling. ``Truth quintessenced and
raised to the highest power.' --J. A. Symonds.
QuintessenceQuintessence Quin*tes"sence, n. [F., fr. L. quinta essentia
fifth essence. See Quint, and Essence.]
1. The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a
natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment. [Obs.]
Note: The ancient Greeks recognized four elements, fire, air,
water, and earth. The Pythagoreans added a fifth and
called it nether, the fifth essence, which they said
flew upward at creation and out of it the stars were
made. The alchemists sometimes considered alcohol, or
the ferment oils, as the fifth essence.
2. Hence: An extract from anything, containing its rarest
virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a
small quantity; pure or concentrated essence.
Let there be light, said God; and forthwith light
Ethereal, first of things, quintessence pure, Sprung
from the deep. --Milton. Quintessential
Quintessential Quin`tes*sen"tial, a.
Of the nature of a quintessence; purest. ``Quintessential
extract of mediocrity.' --G. Eliot.
Tesselar
Tesselar Tes"sel*ar, a. [L. tessella a small square piece, a
little cube, dim. of tessera a square piece of stone, wood,
etc., a die.]
Formed of tesser[ae], as a mosaic.
TessellataTessellata Tes`sel*la"ta, n. pl. [NL. See Tessellate.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A division of Crinoidea including numerous fossil species in
which the body is covered with tessellated plates. Tessellate
Tessellate Tes"sel*late, a. [L. tesselatus.]
Tessellated.
TessellateTessellate 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.
The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the
fashion of France. --Macaulay. Tessellated
Tessellated Tes"sel*la`ted, a.
1. Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a
tessellated pavement.
2. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Marked like a checkerboard; as, a
tessellated leaf.
TessellatedTessellate 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.
The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the
fashion of France. --Macaulay. TessellatingTessellate 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.
The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the
fashion of France. --Macaulay. Tessellation
Tessellation Tes`sel*la"tion, n.
The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed.
--J. Forsyth.
TesseraTessera 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. TesseraeTessera 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. Tesseraic
Tesseraic Tes`se*ra"ic, a.
Diversified by squares; done in mosaic; tessellated. [Obs.]
--Sir R. Atkyns (1712).
Tesseral
Tesseral Tes"se*ral, a.
1. Of, pertaining to, or containing, tesser[ae].
2. (Crystallog.) Isometric.
Meaning of Tesse from wikipedia
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Tesse is a lake that lies in Lom and Vågå muni****lities in
Innlandet county, Norway. The 12.78-square-kilometre (4.93 sq mi) lake lies
about 10 kilometres...
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Tesse may
refer to:
Madame de
Tessé, a
French salon holder and
letter writer Manuela Tesse, an
Italian footballer René de
Froulay de
Tessé, a
French soldier...
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Manuela Tesse (born 28
February 1976 in S****ari) is an
Italian footballer who pla**** as a
midfielder for the
Italy women's
national football team. She...
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Tessé-Froulay (French pronunciation: [tɛse fʁulɛ] ) is a
commune in the Orne
department in north-western France.
Communes of the Orne
department Parc...
- René de Froulay,
Count of
Tessé (14 May 1648 – 30
March 1725) was a
French soldier and
diplomat during the
reign of
Louis XIV and the 1715–1723 Regency...
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Adrienne Catherine de Noailles,
comtesse de
Tessé (French: [dənoaj dətɛse]; 24
December 1741 –
December 1813), was a
French salon holder and
letter writer...
- Renée-Caroline-Victoire de
Froulay de
Tessé,
marquise de Créquy de
Heymont de
Canaples d'Ambrières (1704 or 1714–1803) was a
French woman of letters,...
- La Forêt-de-
Tessé (French pronunciation: [la fɔʁɛ də tɛse])
commune in the
Charente department in
southwestern France.
Communes of the
Charente department...
- June 13, 2022.
Tesse Fox, Jena (October 17, 2023). "Breaking News:
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Hotel Management.
Tesse Fox, Jena (October...
- 2000,
Tessé-la-Madeleine and Bagnoles-de-l'Orne
merged becoming one town
called Bagnoles-de-l'Orne, however, it
adopted the
former Insee code of
Tessé-la-Madeleine...
