Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See istle, istle, and izote.

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Examples

  • It furnishes _ixtli_ fibre for _ayates_, and it yields _pulque_.

    In Indian Mexico (1908) Frederick Starr 1895

  • The _ixtli_ thread is woven into _ayates_, which are used for carrying burdens.

    In Indian Mexico (1908) Frederick Starr 1895

  • Usually the _ixtli_ thread is left of its original grey or white color, but sometimes the fibre is dyed, a fine shade of orange being favored.

    In Indian Mexico (1908) Frederick Starr 1895

  • These are square or rectangular blankets made of _ixtli_, the strong fibre of the maguéy.

    In Indian Mexico (1908) Frederick Starr 1895

  • Apparently a compound of _ixtli_, face, and _pan_, for the more usual _ixpan_, before, in front of; _ixtli_ in comp. sometimes becomes _itz_, as in _itzoca_, "tener sucia la cara," Molina, _Vocabulario_.

    Rig Veda Americanus Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans, With a Gloss in Nahuatl Various 1868

  • Precisely so the Mexican emperor Ixcoatl is mentioned in the Aztec manuscripts under the figure of a serpent _coatl_, pierced by obsidian knives _ixtli_, and Moquauhzoma by a mouse-trap _montli_, an eagle

    The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868

  • El nombre del estado proviene de la mezcla de tres palabras del náhuatl: xalli, que significa arena, ixtli, cara o superficie y la desinencia de lugar co, según Luis Cabrera en su Diccionario de Aztequismos.

    WN.com - Financial News 2010

  • El nombre del estado proviene de la mezcla de tres palabras del náhuatl: xalli, que significa arena, ixtli, cara o superficie y la desinencia de lugar co, según Luis Cabrera en su Diccionario de Aztequismos.

    WN.com - Financial News 2010

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