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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:

Ab·a·cis·cus

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n. (ăb`ȧ*sĭs"kŬs)

[Gr. 'abaki`skos, dim of 'a`bax. See Abacus.]
(Arch.) One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture & Construction:

abaciscus

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1. A tessera, as used in mosaic work. Also called abaculus.
2. A small abacus.

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