Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mosaic \Mo*sa"ic\, a.
   Of or pertaining to the style of work called mosaic; formed
   by uniting pieces of different colors; variegated;
   tessellated; also, composed of various materials or
   ingredients.

         A very beautiful mosaic pavement.        --Addison.

   {Florentine mosaic}. See under {Florentine}.

   {Mosaic gold}.
   (a) See {Ormolu}.
   (b) Stannic sulphide, {SnS2}, obtained as a yellow scaly
       crystalline powder, and used as a pigment in bronzing and
       gilding wood and metal work. It was called by the
       alchemists {aurum musivum}, or {aurum mosaicum}. Called
       also {bronze powder}.

   {Mosaic work}. See {Mosaic}, n.

Florentine \Flor"en*tine\ (? or ?; 277), a. [L. Florentinus, fr.
   Florentia Florence: cf. F. florentin.]
   Belonging or relating to Florence, in Italy.

   {Florentine mosaic}, a mosaic of hard or semiprecious stones,
      often so chosen and arranged that their natural colors
      represent leaves, flowers, and the like, inlaid in a
      background, usually of black or white marble.