[sam-ahyt, sey-mahyt] 
| a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages. |
| sam·ite (sām'īt', sā'mīt') n. A heavy silk fabric, often interwoven with gold or silver, worn in the Middle Ages. [Middle English samit, from Old French, from Medieval Latin examitum, from Medieval Greek hexamiton, from Greek, neuter of hexamitos, of six threads : hexa-, hexa- + mitos, warp thread.] |
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