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samite
sam·ite [ sá mt, sáy mt ]


noun 
Definition:
 
heavy silk fabric: a heavy silk fabric, often interwoven with gold or silver threads. Use: formerly, clothing.
[12th century. Via Old French samit< medieval Latin examitum< Greek hexamiton "six threads"]
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