something wrongly measured and short of being correct, or scanty (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
tlachicoxelolli. cosa mal medida y falta, o escatimada. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 117v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.