SAMITE

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.