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stammel


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stammel  \Stam"mel\,  n. 
  A  large  clumsy  horse.  [Prov.  Eng.]  --Wright. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stammel  \Stam"mel\,  n.  [OF.  estamel  cf  OF  estamet  a  coarse 
  woolen  cloth,  LL  stameta  a  kind  of  cloth,  the  same  as 
  staminea,  and  OF  estame  a  woolen  stuff.  See  {Stamin}.] 
  1.  A  kind  of  woolen  cloth  formerly  in  use  It  seems  to  have 
  been  often  of  a  red  color.  [Obs.] 
 
  2.  A  red  dye,  used  in  England  in  the  15th  and  16th  centuries. 
  --B.  Jonson 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stammel  \Stam"mel\,  a. 
  Of  the  color  of  stammel;  having  a  red  color,  thought  inferior 
  to  scarlet. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stammel 
  n  :  a  coarse  woolen  cloth  formerly  used  for  undergarments  and 
  usually  dyed  bright  red 




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