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tlahuitolcuactli.

Headword: 
tlahuitolcuactli.
Principal English Translation: 

the thumbscrews on a bow or a crossbow (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlauitolquactli, tlahuitolquactli
Alonso de Molina: 

tlauitolquactli. empulgueras de arco, o de ballesta.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 145r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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