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tezcatlalli.
Headword:
tezcatlalli.
Principal English Translation:
the powder made by grinding mirror-like stones; a polishing substance
Attestations from sources in English:
The use of -tlalli to refer to this powder or sand is not unusual. The Florentine Codex has other examples, such as apetztlalli (what Anderson & Dibble translated as "iron pyrite earth"), on this same folio, and temetztlalli (ground lead) on folio 215 verso. (SW)
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