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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[OF.

samit

, LL.

samitum

examitum

, from LGr. [GREEK], [GREEK] woven with six threads; Gr. [GREEK] six + [GREEK] a thread. See

, and cf.

A species of silk stuff, or taffeta, generally interwoven with gold.

Tennyson.

In silken

samite

she was light arrayed.

Spenser.

samite ‎(countable and uncountable, plural samites)

A material of rich silk, sometimes with gold threads, especially prized during the Middle Ages.