Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
istle .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The fine, soft fiber of the bromeliaceous plant
Bromelia sylvestris . - noun (Bot.) A Mexican name for a variety of
Agave rigida , which furnishes a strong coarse fiber; also, the fiber itself, which is called alsopita , andTampico fiber .
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Examples
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The procedure to prepare and to spin ixtle was learned from their ancestors: it is extracted with cazanga, washed, dried, tarabilla, and spun.
Mexican equipales, seated through the ages Zacoalco de Torres 2003
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The procedure to prepare and to spin ixtle was learned from their ancestors: it is extracted with cazanga, washed, dried, tarabilla, and spun.
Mexican equipales, seated through the ages Zacoalco de Torres 2003
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Each year the bullring is constructed from saplings tiled together with 'ixtle' or cord from the maguey cactus.
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Each year the bullring is constructed from saplings tiled together with 'ixtle' or cord from the maguey cactus.
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The raw materials used to make textiles are divided into two groups: smooth fibers such as silk, cotton and wool, introduced to the American continent by the Conquistadors, and hard fibers native to Mexico such as ixtle, lechuguilla, tule, palm, twigs, reed, and willow.
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The raw materials used to make textiles are divided into two groups: smooth fibers such as silk, cotton and wool, introduced to the American continent by the Conquistadors, and hard fibers native to Mexico such as ixtle, lechuguilla, tule, palm, twigs, reed, and willow.
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The raw materials used to make textiles are divided into two groups: smooth fibers such as silk, cotton and wool, introduced to the American continent by the Conquistadors, and hard fibers native to Mexico such as ixtle, lechuguilla, tule, palm, twigs, reed, and willow.
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In the less fertile regions, maguey was the tribute of choice, yielding the much loved beverage pulque, and the fibrous thread ixtle, used in pre-Hispanic times to make textiles.
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In the less fertile regions, maguey was the tribute of choice, yielding the much loved beverage pulque, and the fibrous thread ixtle, used in pre-Hispanic times to make textiles.
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The bountiful maguey provided the thorn with which to embroider and sew the garments, ixtle fiber for mecates (ropes), hamacas and other coarse fabrics.
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