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cardas.
(a loanword from Spanish)
Headword:
cardas.
Principal English Translation:
carders (to prepare wool or cotton for for spinning) (see attestations)
Orthographic Variants:
calax
Attestations from sources in Spanish:
yei lienços yn cetzin la Virgen del Rosario yhuan yn occetzin San Salvador auh ynn occetzim la Virgen de Guadalupe yhuan centel calax = tres lienzos, una Virgen del Rosario, y un San Sanvador, y una Virgen de Guadalupe, y unas cardas (Santiago Tlatelolco, 1600)