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Samite

Samite Meaning & Definition
Samite Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Samite?

[n] a heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads); used to make clothing in the Middle Ages

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See Also | cloth | fabric | material | textile

Samite In Webster's Dictionary

\Sa"mite\, 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. In silken samite she was light arrayed. --Spenser.

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