a strand of thread from the maguey plant (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
ce ichtli. vna hebra de hilo de maguei. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 15v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.