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samite

Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

samite(n = noun.artifact) - a heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads); used to make clothing in the Middle Ages;

samite, a. [OF. samit, LL. samitum, examitum, from LGr. , woven with six threads; Gr. six + a thread. See Six, and cf. Dimity.].

A species of silk stuff, or taffeta, generally interwoven with gold. Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

"In silken samite she was light arrayed." [1913 Webster]

samite, n. hist. a rich medieval dress-fabric of silk occas. interwoven with gold.

Etymology

ME f. OF samit f. med.L examitum f. med. Gk hexamiton f. Gk hexa- six + mitos thread

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