samite

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Samite; A very rich stuff, sometimes wholly of silk, often crimson, interwoven with gold and silver thread, and embroidered. 

From The Visions of England Lyrics on leading men and events in English History by Morley, Henry

Samite was a silk material, of which no more is known than that it was very expensive, and had a glossy sheen, like satin.

From The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century by Rainey, W. (William)

Samite, sam′it, n. a kind of heavy silk stuff.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various