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teocuitla cuicuiloliztli.

Headword: 
teocuitla cuicuiloliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the act of using a chisel; or the act of putting gold on something, making it golden (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

teocuitla cuicuiloliztli. el acto de labrar con sinzel.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 100v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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