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caxpochehua.

Headword: 
caxpochehua.
Principal English Translation: 

to put a black finish on pottery before firing it (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
caxpucheua, caxpuchehua
Alonso de Molina: 

caxpucheua. ni. (pret. onicaxpucheuh.) embarnizar de negro la loza antes que la cuezan.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 13r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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