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ayoquixtla.

Headword: 
ayoquixtla.
Principal English Translation: 

to squeeze juice from plants; get water off something that has become wet; or drain the liquid off a stew (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

Ayoquixtla. nitla. espremir osacar çumo de yeruas, o quitar el agua a lo que se echo en mojo, o el caldo alo que se cozio. Preterito. onitlaayoquixti.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua mexicana y castellana, 1571, (www.idiez.org.mx), f. 3v.

themes: 
Beverages
Food, Eating, Cooking
Water