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two hinged metal plates with a lever, used for making tortillas.

iron pills (a neologism)

(eighteenth century; used by a doctor who was not a native speaker but had studied classical Nahuatl)
Neville Stiles, Jeff Burnham, James Nauman, "Los concejos médicos del Dr. Bartolache sobre las pastillas de fierro: Un documento colonial en el náhuatl del siglo XVIII," Estudios de Cultural Náhuatl 19 (1989), 269–287, see p. 280.

Orthographic Variants: 
tepuz tlaxichtli, tepuztlaxichtli

iron nail(s) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tepuztlayollo analoni

an iron compass, for measuring or squaring off something (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tepuztlecaxitl.

an brass or copper incense burner (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tepuztlemachiotia

to brand a slave or a person who has been married twice, using a burning hot iron (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tepuztletlaxoni

a piece of steel for producing a spark to start a fire (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tepuztli pilcayan

a bell tower (see Molina); the place where the metal hangs [i.e. bells hang]

Orthographic Variants: 
tepuztli ioui, tepuztli iohui, tepuztli yohui

a vein of copper (see Molina)

iron, metal, machine.
Orthographic Variants: 
tepostli, tepustli, tepuztli, tepoztl

a workable metal; copper, iron (see Molina); devices made from metal (see Karttunen); e.g., used as a noun to refer to metal bell(s), metal tool(s), armor; can also refer to steel

Orthographic Variants: 
tepuztoca

to nail or lock something (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tepuztopilchichiquilli

a harpoon (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tepuztopilhuia, tepoztopiluia, tepuztopiluia

to stab someone with a lance (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tepuztopilitquini

a spear bearer (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tepuztopilli

an iron lance (see Molina and attestations)

Orthographic Variants: 
tepuztopiltontli

a small lance or spear (see Molina); literally, a small metal staff

Orthographic Variants: 
tepoztopiltzintepuztli, tepuztopiltzintepuztli, tepoztopiltzin tepoztli

a metal lance or spear (?) (see Molina)