a figure that is tapering toward the top and wide at the bottom (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
quauitztic, quahuitztic
Alonso de Molina:
quauitztic. figura ahusada hazia arriba, y ancha abaxo. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 88r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.