same 
to be the same, says the Philosopher, in number, whose 
matter is one and the same. . . . Those things are the 
same in species whose ratio of essence is one. 
Buryersdicius, tt. by a Gentleman, I. 20. 
I rather pity than hate Turk and Infidel, for they are 
of the same Metal and bear the same Stamp as I do, 
though the Inscriptions ditfer. Howett, Letters, I. vi. 32. 
It hath bin inevitably prov'd that the natural and fun- 
damental causes of political happines in all governments 
are the game. Milton, Reformation in Eng., ii. 
Ignatius Loyola ... in the great Catholic reaction 
bore the mine part which Luther bore in the great Protes- 
tant movement. Mucaiiln/i. Von Ranke's Hist. Popes. 
Bigotry is the tame in every faith and every age. 
Preseott, Ferd. and Isa., It. 6. 
The game sentiment which flta us for freedom itself 
makes us free. //. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 467. 
This ambiguity in the word same, whereby it means 
either individual identity or indistinguishable resem- 
blance, has been often noticed, and from a logical or ob- 
jective point of view justly complained of, as "engender- 
ing fallacies in otherwise enlightened understandings." 
J. Ward, Encyc. Brit., XX. 81. 
3. Just mentioned, or just about to be men- 
tioned or denoted : often used for the sake of 
emphasis or to indicate contempt or vexation. 
Who is the same, which at my window peepes? . . . 
Is it not Cinthia? Spenser, Epithalamion. 1. 372. 
For that same word, rebellion, did divide 
The action of their bodies from their souls. 
Skak., 2 Hen. IV., 1. 1. 194. 
Afterwards they flea him, and, obseruing certaine cere 
monies about the flesh, eat the same. 
Pwrchas, Pilgrimage, p. 425. 
No one was there that could compare 
With this game Andrew Lammfe. 
Andrew Lammie (Child's Ballads, II. 191). 
All the same, nevertheless ; notwithstanding ; In spite 
of all ; for all that. 
We see persons make good fortunes by them nil the 
same. Ditraeli, Conlngsby, iv. 9. 
At the same time, (a) At one time; not later. (i>) 
However; nevertheless; still; yet: used to introduce a 
reservation, explanation, or fact not In conflict but in con- 
trast with what has been said. 
Sir Peter. We shall now be the happiest couple - 
Lady T. And never differ again? 
Sir Peter. No, never ! though, at the Mine time. In- 
deed, my dear Lady Teazle, you must watch your temper 
very seriously. Sheridan, School for Scandal, ill. 1. 
samel-brick (sam'el-brik), n. Same as place- 
brick. 
samely (sam'li), a. [< same + -ty 1 .] Monoto- 
nous; unvaried. [Prov. Eng.] 
The earth is so samely that your eyes turn toward 
heaven. Kinglalre, Eothen, xvii. 
sameness (sam'nes), . [< same + -ness.'] 1. 
The being the same; oneness; the negation of 
otherness ; identity : as, the sameness of an un- 
changeable being. 2. Essential resemblance; 
oneness of nature : as, a sameness of manner. 
Unaltered ! Alas for the sameness 
That makes the change but more ! 
'Lowell, The Dead House. 
3. Want of variety; tedious monotony: as, the 
sameness of objects in a landscape. 
He was totally unfitted for the flat samenegs of domestic 
life. Whyte Melville, White Hose, II. xx. 
It haunted me, the morning long, 
With weary sameness in the rhymes, 
The phantom of a silent song, 
That went and came a thousand times. 
Tennyson, Miller's Daughter. 
= Syn. 1 and 2. Sameness, Identity. Sameness may be in- 
ternal or external; identity Is internal or essential: as, 
sameness of personal appearance ; the identity of Saladin 
with Ilderim and Adonbec. One book may be the same as 
another, but cannot be identical with it. Saladin and Il- 
derim and Adonbec were the same man. 
samester, samestre (sa-mes'ter), w. A variety 
of coral. Simmonds. 
samett, samettet, n. Middle English forms of 
samite. 
Samia (sa'mi-a), H. [NL. (Hiibner, 1816), < L. 
Samia, fern, o'f Samius, Samian: see Samian.] 
A notable genus of bombycid moths, confined 
to North America, and belonging to the family 
Saturniidte. The largest silkworm-moth native 
in the United States, S. cecropia, is an example. 
Samian (sa'mi-an), a. and n. [< L. Samius, < 
Samus, Samos, < Gr. Sn/joc, the island of Samos.] 
I. a. Of or pertaining to Samos, an island in 
the .^Egean Sea, west of Asia Minor, now form- 
ing a principality tributary to Turkey. 
Fill high the cup with Samian wine. 
Byron, Don Juan, ill. 86 (song). 
Samian earth, the name of an argillaceous earth found 
in the island of Samos, and formerly used in medicine as 
an astringent. Samian letter. Same as Pythagorean 
letter. See Pythagorean. 
When Reason doubtful, like the Samian letter, 
Points him two ways. Pope, Dnnciad, iv. 151. 
Samian Stone, a stone found in the island of Samos, used 
for polishing by goldsmiths, etc. Samian ware, a name 
u'ivfii to an ancient kind of pottery made of Samian earth 
5324 
or other fine earth. The vases are of a bright-red or black 
color, covered with a lustrous silicious glaze, with sepa- 
rately molded ornaments attached to them. 
II. . A native or an inhabitant of Samos. 
Also Samiot, fitimiote. 
Samidas (sam'i-de), ti.pl. [NL/., < Samus + 
-idie.] A family of sponges, typified by the 
genus Samus, whose characteristic megascleres 
or skeletal spicules are trifid at both ends, 
samiel (sa' mi-el), n. [< Turk, samyeli, a poison- 
ous wind, < samm, semm (< Ar. samm), poison, 
+ yel, wind. Cf. simoom.'] The simoom. 
Burning and headlong as the SomMwind. 
Moore, Lalla Rookh. 
The cold wind that frequently during winter sweeps 
the continent of North America from north to south is 
more deadly than any hot wind, even than the half-fabu- 
lous Samiel or Simoom. 
J. K. Laughton, in Modern Meteorology, p. 50. 
Samiot, Samiote (sa'mi-ot, -6t), a. and n. [< Gr. 
Zaui&rii;, < 2<fy/of, Samos : see Samian.'] Same 
as Sam in n. 
samiri, n. Same as sttimiri. 
samisen (sam'i-sen), H. [Jap-] A guitar or 
banjo of three strings, used by the Japanese. 
Samben. a, plectrum. 
samite (satn'it), . [< ME. samite, samyte, sam- 
it, samet, samette, < OF. samit, samyt, samet, 
summit, samis, sami, samy = Pr. samit = Sp. 
xamete = It. sciamito = MHG. samit, samat, sam- 
met, samite, G. sammet, sammt, samt, velvet, < 
ML. examitum, exametum, also ; after Rom., sa- 
mitum, prop, "hexamitum, samite, = Russ. ak- 
samitu, velvet, < MGr. t^&utrav, samite, lit. ' six- 
threaded,' < Gr. rf, six (= E. six), + uiroc,, a 
thread of the woof. Cf . dimity, lit. ' two-thread- 
ed,' and Sp. terciopelo, Pg. terciopello, velvet, 
lit._' three-piled.'] Originally, a heavy silk ma- 
terial each thread of which was supposed to be 
twisted of six fibers ; later, rich heavy silk ma- 
terial of any kind, especially that which had a 
satin-like gloss. 
Ful yonge he was and mery of thought, 
And in samette with brlddes wrought. 
Rom. of the Rose, 1. 836. 
In wldewes habit large of samyt broune. 
Chaucer, Troilns, i. 109. 
In silken samite she was light arayd. 
Spenser, F. <)., III. xii. 13. 
To say of any silken tissue that it was "examitum" or 
' itninit" meant that it was six-threaded, and therefore 
costly and splendid. . . . This splendid web was often so 
thick and strong that each string, whether it happened to 
be of hemp or of silk, had in the warp six threads, while 
the weft was of flat gold shreds. 
S. K. Handbook, Textile Fabrics, p. 25. 
samlet (sam'let), H. [Perhaps a var. of sal- 
monet, dim. of salmon.] A salmonet; a parr; 
a young salmon of the first year. 
It is said that, after he is got into the sea, he becomes, 
from a Samlet not so big as a Gudgeon, to be a Salmon, 
in as short a time as a gosling becomes to be a goose. 
/. Walton, Complete Angler, i. 7. 
sammet, r. ' An obsolete form of sam 1 . 
sammier (sam'i-er), n. In tanning, a machine 
for pressing water from skins. E. H. Knight. 
Sammy (sam'i), r. t. ; pret. and pp. sammied, ppr. 
sammying. In leather-manuf., to damp (skins) 
with cold water in the process of dressing. 
samnet, *' See sami. 
Samnite (sam'nit), a. and H. [< L. Samnis 
(Samnit-), pi. Samnites, of or pertaining to Sam- 
nium, a native of Samnium, also a gladiator so 
called (see def.), < Sainiiiuni, a country of Italy 
whose inhabitants were an offshoot from the 
Sabines, as if *Sabinium, < Sabinus, Sabine: 
see Sabine 1 .'] I. a. Pertaining to Samnium, a 
country of ancient Italy. 
II. n. 1. A native of Samnium. 2. In Rom. 
antiq., one of a class of gladiators, so called be- 
cause they were armed like the natives of Sam- 
nium. They were distinguished especially by 
bearing the oblong shield, or scutum. 
Samoan (sa-mo'an), a. and n. [< Samoa (see 
def.) + -.] I" a. Of or pertaining to Samoa 
(also called the Samoan or Navigators' Islands), 
an island kingdom of the Pacific, lying about 
latitude 14 south, longitude 169 to 173 west. 
It is under the supervision of the United States, 
Great Britain, and Germany Samoan dove or 
mgeon, the tooth-billed pigeon. See cut under Diduncu- 
lus. 
II. . A native or an inhabitant of Samoa. 
Samoleae (sa-mo'le-e), . pi. [NL. (Endlicher, 
is:i(i),< 8amoku + -ese."\ A tribe of gamopet- 
sampan 
alous plants of the order I'riniiilnri'iv, embra- 
cing the single genus Stimnlnx. 
Samolus (sam'o-ltis), w. [XL., < L. samolus, a 
plant, supposed to !>< .//</ I'lilxiiliUa, or 
Siimnliix t'liltnintli (th<> brook weed ): a word of 
Celtic origin.] A genus of herbaceous plants 
of the order Primuliiffte, the primrose family, 
constituting the tribe Samoleie. It is character- 
ized by a calyx with five-cleft persistent border, a perigy 
nous corolla with five rounded and imbricated lobes and 
a short tube bearing five stamens, which are alternate 
with as many slender staminodes. There are about S spe- 
cies, of which one, S. Valerandi, the bruokweed or water- 
pimpernel, is cosmopolitan, the other* ln-ini: natives most- 
ly of the shores south of the tropics. They are smooth 
herbs with round stems, sometimes shrubby below, bear- 
ing alternate entire leaves, often principally in a rosette 
at the base. The small white flowers form terminal ra- 
cemes or corymbs, and are followed by roundish nve-vnl v.-.l 
capsules with many minute globose or angled seeds. 
Samosatenian (sam'o-sa-te'ni-an), w. [< LL. 
Samosatenus, of Samosata, < Samosata, neut. 
pi. (LL. also fern. sing.). < Gr. "Lauuoara, neut. 
pi., Samosata, the capital of Commagene, on 
the western shore of the Euphrates.] A fol- 
lower of Paul of Samosata, Bishop of Antioch 
in the third century. See Paul id n. 
Samothracian (sam-o-thra'sian), . [< Sauio- 
thrace (see def.) + -idn.] Pertaining to Samo- 
thrace, an island in the /Egciiu Sea, belonging 
to Turkey. 
samount, A Middle English form of salmon. 
samovar (sam'6-var), H. [< Russ. samovarii, a 
tea-urn; regarded in a popular etymology a* 
lit. 'self -boiler' 
(ct.li.aitthepsa, 
< Gr. oMtyfC, 
a kind of urn 
for cooking, lit. 
'self -cooker'), 
as if < an in n (in 
comp. samo-), 
self, + bariti, 
boil; but prob. 
< Tatar sana- 
1>ar, a tea- 
urn. The Cal- 
muck sanamur 
is from the 
Russ. word.] 
A copper urn 
used in Russia, 
Siberia, Mon- 
golia, and else- 
where, in which 
water is kept 
boiling for use 
when required 
for making tea, 
live charcoal 
being placed in a tube which passes up through 
the center of the urn. Similar vessels are used 
in winter in northern China, for keeping soups, 
etc., hot at table. 
A huge, steaming tea-urn, called a Samovar etymo- 
logically, a " self-boiler " will be brought in, and yon 
will make your tea according to your taste. 
D. 11. Wallace, Russia, p. 12. 
The samovar, however, Is a completely new institution, 
and the old peasants will tell you, " Ah, Holy Russia has 
never been the same since we drank so much tea." 
Nineteenth Century, XXI. 136. 
Samoyed (sa-mo'yed), n. [Also Samoied, Sa- 
moide, and formerly Samoed, Samoyt; < Russ. 
Samoycdu.'] One of a race inhabiting the north- 
ern coast of Asia and eastern Europe, and be- 
longing to the Ural-Altaic family. 
The Samoyt, or Samoed, hath his name, as the Russe 
salth, of eating himselfe ; as if they had sometime beene 
Canibals. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 431. 
Samoyedic (sam-o-yed'ik), a. [< Samoyed + 
-('(.] Of or pertaining to the Samoyeds. 
samp (samp), H. [< Massachusetts Ind. saupac. 
sapac, lit. made soft, thinned.] Indian com 
coarsely ground or broken by pounding ; a kind 
of hominy ; also, a porridge made of it. [U. S.] 
Nawsaump is a kind of meal pottage unparched. From 
this the English call their iamp ; which is the Indian corn 
beaten and boiled. 
Roger Williams, quoted in Trans. Amer. Antiq. Soc., 
|IV. 1S8. 
Give us the bowl of samp and milk, 
By homespun beauty poured I 
WMtKer, The Corn-Song. 
sampan, sanpan (sara'pan, san'pan), w. [< 
Chin, sail, sam. three, + pan, a board; other- 
wise of Malav 
origin.] A small 
boat used on the 
coasts of Chi- 
na, Japan, and 
Antique Russian Samovar. 
