something handled roughly, or something scrubbed or rubbed hard with one's hands (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
maxaxaqualtic
Alonso de Molina:
maxaxaqualtic. cosa manoseada, o souajada con las manos. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 54v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.