Sa′mite
,
[OF.
samit
, LL.
samitum
,
examitum
, from LGr. [GREEK], [GREEK] woven with six threads; Gr. [GREEK] six + [GREEK] a thread. See
Six
, and cf.
Dimity
.]
A species of silk stuff, or taffeta, generally interwoven with gold.
In silken
samite
she was light arrayed.
Spenser.