Definitions
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- noun An
Aztec obsidian sword orclub .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Obsidian was prized by paleo-indian hunters and it formed the cutting edge of the macuahuitl --- a kind of club-sword -- of the Aztecs.
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Obsidian was prized by paleo-indian hunters and it formed the cutting edge of the macuahuitl --- a kind of club-sword -- of the Aztecs.
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It is not at all clear that the Classic Maya used a macuahuitl (this is noted, however, in Colonial Yucatan after a century of Central Mexican influence), and clubs of any kind are rarely represented in Maya art.
Orcs in Loincloths 2007
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The club is, oddly, a macuahuitl, also known by the Caribbean term macana.
Orcs in Loincloths 2007
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Pepper slammed a macuahuitl down into the man's ribs.
Crystal Rain 2006
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He slapped the macuahuitl he'd gained into the ground thoughtfully.
Crystal Rain 2006
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He killed three Azteca with their own macuahuitl on his way out, dashing their brains out against the whitewashed wall with the effective wedge-shaped clubs.
Crystal Rain 2006
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In the same breath Pepper fired into the group with his own gun, wading forward through the bewildered Azteca and swinging the macuahuitl in long bone-jarring arcs.
Crystal Rain 2006
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Pepper swung the macuahuitl in his left hand up with enough force to smash the nearest warrior's jaw into his skull.
Crystal Rain 2006
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