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 ]
v. t.
Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. Matt. v. 39. [ 1913 Webster ]
And David . . . took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead. 1 Sam. xvii. 49. [ 1913 Webster ]
Prophesy, and smite thine hands together. Ezek. xxi. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]
Saul . . . smote the javelin into the wall. 1 Sam. xix. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]
The flax and the barly was smitten. Ex. ix. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let us not mistake God's goodness, nor imagine, because he smites us, that we are forsaken by him. Wake. [ 1913 Webster ]
The charms that smite the simple heart. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Smit with the love of sister arts we came. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
To smite off,
To smite out,
To smite with the tongue,
v. i. To strike; to collide; to beat. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The heart melteth, and the knees smite together. Nah. ii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of smiting; a blow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who smites. [ 1913 Webster ]
I give my back to the smiters. Isa. l. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. Matt. v. 39. [ 1913 Webster ]
And David . . . took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead. 1 Sam. xvii. 49. [ 1913 Webster ]
Prophesy, and smite thine hands together. Ezek. xxi. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]
Saul . . . smote the javelin into the wall. 1 Sam. xix. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]
The flax and the barly was smitten. Ex. ix. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let us not mistake God's goodness, nor imagine, because he smites us, that we are forsaken by him. Wake. [ 1913 Webster ]
The charms that smite the simple heart. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Smit with the love of sister arts we came. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
To smite off,
To smite out,
To smite with the tongue,
v. i. To strike; to collide; to beat. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The heart melteth, and the knees smite together. Nah. ii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of smiting; a blow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who smites. [ 1913 Webster ]
I give my back to the smiters. Isa. l. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]