abaculus
noun
abac·u·lus
ə-ˈba-kyə-ləs
plural abaculi
ə-ˈba-kyə-ˌlī,
-ˌlē
: a tile used in mosaic : tessera
Word History
Etymology
misreading of Latin ab oculīs "out of view," as if diminutive of abacus abacus
First Known Use
1844, in the meaning defined above
- block of flats
- block off
- block operator
- block out
- block paper
- block paragraph
- block party
- block plan
- block plane
- block print
- block programming
- block rate
- block salt
- block shot
- block signal
- block signal system
- block station
- block sugar
- block system
- block teeth
- block test
- block tin
- block vote
- block worker
- block-caving