Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
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Examples
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It furnishes _ixtli_ fibre for _ayates_, and it yields _pulque_.
In Indian Mexico (1908) Frederick Starr 1895
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The _ixtli_ thread is woven into _ayates_, which are used for carrying burdens.
In Indian Mexico (1908) Frederick Starr 1895
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Usually the _ixtli_ thread is left of its original grey or white color, but sometimes the fibre is dyed, a fine shade of orange being favored.
In Indian Mexico (1908) Frederick Starr 1895
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These are square or rectangular blankets made of _ixtli_, the strong fibre of the maguéy.
In Indian Mexico (1908) Frederick Starr 1895
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Apparently a compound of _ixtli_, face, and _pan_, for the more usual _ixpan_, before, in front of; _ixtli_ in comp. sometimes becomes _itz_, as in _itzoca_, "tener sucia la cara," Molina, _Vocabulario_.
Rig Veda Americanus Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans, With a Gloss in Nahuatl Various 1868
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Precisely so the Mexican emperor Ixcoatl is mentioned in the Aztec manuscripts under the figure of a serpent _coatl_, pierced by obsidian knives _ixtli_, and Moquauhzoma by a mouse-trap _montli_, an eagle
The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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El nombre del estado proviene de la mezcla de tres palabras del náhuatl: xalli, que significa arena, ixtli, cara o superficie y la desinencia de lugar co, según Luis Cabrera en su Diccionario de Aztequismos.
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El nombre del estado proviene de la mezcla de tres palabras del náhuatl: xalli, que significa arena, ixtli, cara o superficie y la desinencia de lugar co, según Luis Cabrera en su Diccionario de Aztequismos.
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