Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Mexico and former Mexican territory, a knife or cutting-implement of any sort made of a flake of obsidian.
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_iztli_ (obsidian flakes) for _tabonas, _ or knives, both being without handles.
To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Richard Francis Burton 1855
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