- samyte
- , sb. == a kind of silk. Alys. 1027; a robe of silk. Alys. 2095. Fr. sami, samit
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samite — [sam′īt, sā′mīt] n. [ME samyte < MFr samit < ML samitum < MGr hexamiton < hexamitos, woven with six threads < Gr hex, SIX + mitos, a thread] a heavy silk fabric worn in the Middle Ages: it was sometimes interwoven with gold or… … English World dictionary
