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tecpaxalli.

Headword: 
tecpaxalli.
Principal English Translation: 

ground flint, or flint emery; used for polishing, scrubbing, cleaning
See the Digital Florentine Codex, Book 11, folio 216r; https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/book/11/folio/216r/images/0

themes: 
Stones, Masonry
Technology, Tools
See also: 
tecpatl.
xalli.
temetztlalli.
teoxalli.
tezcatlalli.