a Spanish surname; the name carried by a "doctor" (and "oydor" or judge of the high court, the "Real Audiencia") in sixteenth-century New Spain, don Alonzo de Zorita, 1548–1556
one-quarter of a pierna (leg) of cloth; this was a measure, usually used for mantas (tribute cloths); one zotl could also refer to a piece of cloth, or a rag. See also our entries for cenzotl and pierna.