samite /ˈsæmaɪt/ noun1 •A material of rich silk, sometimes with gold threads, especially prized during the Middle Ages.[A] robe / Of samite without price, that more exprest / Than hid her, clung about her lissome limbs, / In colour like the satin-shining palm / On sallows in the windy gleams of March: [...] — 1859 formssamites
