Crossword clues for samite
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
type of rich silk cloth, c.1300, from Old French samit, from Medieval Latin samitum, examitum, from Medieval Greek hexamiton (source of Old Church Slavonic oksamitu, Russian aksamit "velvet"), noun use of neuter of Greek adjective hexamitos "six-threaded," from hex "six" (see six) + mitos "warp thread" (see mitre (n.)). The reason it was called this is variously explained. Obsolete c.1600; revived by Tennyson. German Sammet "velvet" is from French.
Wiktionary
n. A material of rich silk, sometimes with gold threads, especially prized during the Middle Ages.
WordNet
n. a heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads); used to make clothing in the Middle Ages
Wikipedia
Samite is the stage name for African musician Samite Mulondo. Originally from Uganda, Samite now lives in Ithaca, New York. He plays the flute and kalimba, a type of thumb piano.
Samite is also a co-founder of Musicians for World Harmony, a nonprofit organization that introduces music to African orphans. Samite co-founded the charity with his late wife, Joan.
His seventh album, Embalasasa, was released in 2005 by Triloka Records.
Samite may refer to :
- Samite, a heavy silk fabric, of a twill-type weave, worn in the Middle Ages
- Samite Mulondo, Ugandan-American musician
- SS Samite, a Liberty ship
Samite was a luxurious and heavy silk fabric worn in the Middle Ages, of a twill-type weave, often including gold or silver thread. The word was derived from Old French samit, from medieval Latin samitum, examitum deriving from the Byzantine Greek ἑξάμιτον hexamiton "six threads", usually interpreted as indicating the use of six yarns in the warp. Samite is still used in ecclesiastical robes, vestments, ornamental fabrics, and interior decoration.
Structurally, samite is a weft-faced compound twill, plain or figured (patterned), in which the main warp threads are hidden on both sides of the fabric by the floats of the ground and patterning wefts, with only the binding warps visible. By the later medieval period, the term samite was applied to any rich, heavy silk material which had a satin-like gloss, indeed "satin" began as a term for lustrous samite.
Usage examples of "samite".
Beneath lay ells of costly silks, samites, cendals, and damasks, as well as pelts of ermine and sable.
How they clothe their figures in every conceivable splendor of orphrey and ermine, in jewels and shining armor and rich stuff of silk and samite, in robe of scarlet or in yellow dalmatic!
It is scarlet- samite- trimmed with gold thread and, below, its gown of green and silver, and I shall wear my pelisson lined with squirrel fur if Nell can fred it.
There were silks in rose samite, violet sendal, and a heavy green and blue damask.
Bagdad, Greek Samite, linens of the finest quality known as sindon, similar to a delicate lawn, and of course the famous Yorkshire wool.
Edged with miniver, her layered gown of lavender samite was richly netted in gold braid and seed-pearls, the full sarsenet sleeves foaming with delicate white lace.
In the golden twilight, the linen grave clothes gleamed like rarest samite, and the faces of both monks and mourners glowed.
The form and face of the being who thus presented himself were those of a frightful dwarf, with a large head, a cap fantastically adorned with three peacock feathers, a dress of red samite, the richness of which rendered his ugliness more conspicuous, distinguished by gold bracelets and armlets, and a white silk sash, in which he wore a gold-hilted dagger.
That cape he had flourished was thick maroon samite trimmed in ermine, while he wore a belt of gold links and spurred jackboots whose leather was soft and supple enough for gloves.
The Samite way of universal tolerance was the only way she knew to bring about a better world.
In the crook of his left arm, as he took his place beside Walid Pasha on the quarterdeck, was his choice of helmets for todayan old-fashioned burgonet covered in bright-green samite and fined with a bar visor.
Their robes rustled, whispering to the stone steps-Lady Ylle's green robe of damasked silk, the king's brocaded violet robe, Lord Garan's unadorned robe of rusty gold samite.
Then Balin looked into a fair little garden, and under a laurel tree he saw her lie upon a quilt of green samite and a knight in her arms, fast halsing either other, and under their heads grass and herbs.
So they rode till they came to a lake, the which was a fair water and broad, and in the midst of the lake Arthur was ware of an arm clothed in white samite, that held a fair sword in that hand.
There was no arm hi white samite, no wailing, only ripples on the mere and a sea bird’.