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cuauhilacatztli.

Headword: 
cuauhilacatztli.
Principal English Translation: 

a wooden apparatus for squeezing or pressing something (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhilacatztli
Alonso de Molina: 

quauhilacatztli. husillo delagar, o prensa para apretar.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 86v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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See also: 
cuauhtlatlazaliztli.