SAMIEL
Sa"mi*el, n. Etym: [Turk. sam-yeli; Ar. samm poison + Turk. yel wind.
Cf. Simoom.]
Defn: A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows, in Turkey, from the desert. It is identical with the simoom of Arabia and the kamsin of Syria.
SAMIOT
Sa"mi*ot, a. & n. Etym: [Cf. F. samiote.]
Defn: Samian.
SAMISEN
Sam"i*sen, n. [Jap.] (Mus.)
Defn: A Japanese musical instrument with three strings, resembling a guitar or banjo.
SAMITE Sa"mite, a. Etym: [OF. samit, LL. samitum, examitum, from LGr. Six, and cf. Dimity.]
Defn: A species of silk stuff, or taffeta, generally interwoven with
gold. Tennyson.
In silken samite she was light arrayed. Spenser.
SAMLET
Sam"let, n. Etym: [Cf. Salmonet.]
Defn: The parr.