a. [ Balsam + -ferous. ] Producing balsam. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a natural family comprising the balsams, distinguished from the family
n. [ Cf. F. balsamine, fr. Gr.
a. [ See Fulsome. ] Fulsome. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) Same as Jasmine. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Potassium + amide. ] (Chem.) A yellowish brown substance obtained by heating potassium in ammonia. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. Samius. ] Of or pertaining to the island of Samos. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fill high the cup with Samian wine. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
Samian earth,
n. A native or inhabitant of Samos. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Turk. sam-yeli; Ar. samm poison + Turk. yel wind. Cf. Simoom. ] A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows, in Turkey, from the desert. It is identical with the
a. & n. [ Cf. F. samiote. ] Samian. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Jap. ] (Mus.) A Japanese musical instrument with three strings, resembling a guitar or banjo. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. [ OF. samit, LL. samitum, examitum, from LGr. &unr_;, &unr_; woven with six threads; Gr. &unr_; six + &unr_; a thread. See Six, and cf. Dimity. ] A species of silk stuff, or taffeta, generally interwoven with gold. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
In silken samite she was light arrayed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]