to throw the hook, net or rope (see Molina)
matlatlaza. nitla. (pret. onitlamatlatlaz.) echar lance. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 53r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.