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huei atezcatl.

Headword: 
huei atezcatl.
Principal English Translation: 

a lake or a lagoon; or, a large leveling mechanism for leveling water (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
huei atezcatl, uei atezcatl, huey atezcatl
Alonso de Molina: 

uei atezcatl. lago o laguna, o niuel grande para niuelar agua.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 155v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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