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† ˈstamin Obs. Forms: 3–7 stamin, 4–5 stamyn, 5–6 stamyne, 6 -yng, 6–7 -en, 7–8 stamine, 6–7 stammyne, 6–7 Sc. stem(m)yng, -ing, stemnyn, 7 Sc. steimming. See also estamin, etamine, tamin. [Early ME. stamin (= Anglo-Latin staminum) a. OF. estamin (not in Godef. before 16th c.), parallel with estamine (12th c.; hence mod.F. étamine), app. a derivative (with suffix -in, -ine) of estame:—L. stāmina pl., warp threads (see stamen). The other Rom. langs. have in the same sense a cognate word of differing formation: Pr., Pg. estamenha, Sp. estameña, Cat. estamenya:—L. stāminea fem. of stāmineus adj., f. stāmin- stamen. Med.L. had stāminea, -eum, stāmen, a rough woollen undergarment worn by monks.] 1. a. A coarse cloth of worsted; in earliest use usually an under garment made of this worn by ascetics. Cf. stammel1 1.
a1225Ancren R. 418 Stamin habbe hwose wule. c1290Beket 2204 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 169 [Beket wore] Monekene Abite with Inne..boþe Covele and stamin. c1385Chaucer L.G.W. 2360 She hadde I-wouyn In a stamyn large How she was brought from Athenys in a Barge. c1386― Pars. T. 1052 In werynge of heyres or of stamyn, or of haubergeons on hire naked flessh. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 307 Þey wereþ nevere lynnen clooþ, noþer stamyn [L. stamine], but þe heer next þe flesche. Ibid. 401 Þei schal were no..wollen þat is smal and softe as stamyn [L. subtile quale est staminum]. c1425St. Mary of Oignies i. xi. in Anglia VIII. 147 She vsed not next hir flesche a lynnen smok, but an harde sakke, þat is callid in open tunge stamyne. 1483Caxton Golden Leg. 432 b/2 He..ware for a shyrte a stamyn or streyner clothe. b. In later use, a kind of woollen or worsted cloth, for outer garments, curtains, etc. for which Norfolk was formerly noted; = tamin, tammy.
c1440Promp. Parv. 472/1 Stamyn, clothe, stamina. 1493Will in Cullum Hawsted (1784) 118 My payer of stamyns. 1495Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 11 §2 Ther shuld no man take upon hym to shere Worstedes, called ten yerdes Stamyns ne any other Worstedes. 1496–7Act 12 Hen. VII, c. 1 The due occupacion of makyng of Worstedys Sayes and Stamyns. 1533–4Act 25 Hen. VIII, c. 5 §2 Any worstedes stamens or sayes. 1535Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. VI. 246 Ane pair of hois, vj quarteris quhite steming. 1540in Archæologia XLVI. 216 For stamyn & thred & gerdels v d. ob. 1579Extracts Burgh Rec. Edin. (1872) IV. 117 Thre elnes of blak inglis stemyng to be thair hois. 1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. ii. xxi. 58 b, Hee hath well soaped and rubbed your bodie..wyth a purse of Stammin, or Chamblet. 1594Blundevil Exerc. v. iv. (1636) 539 The Merchandixes sent from England..are these, broad Clothes, Carsyes, Stamines. 1603Reg. Privy Council Scot. 520 Fusteanis, stemingis, grogranis and other kynde of stuffe. 1621Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1816) IV. 669/2 All Cloath stemming stuffes and Stokkingis maid in þr said burgh. 1657Howell Londinop. 60 Woollsteads, Jayes, Stamins. 1708Lond. Gaz. No. 4482/4 For Sale..,..50 Pieces of Norwich Crapes..11 Pieces of Stamines. 1775Ash, Stamen, Stamin (obsolete) [wrongly explained]. [1818in Todd; and in mod. Dicts.] attrib.1525Duke of Norfolk in Ellis Orig. Lett Ser. iii. I. 379 The living of theim of the Citie [of Norwich] was moste by worsted and stamen making. 1553Richmond Wills (Surtees) 77 My blew stamyng jacket. 1570Satir. Poems Reform. xxviii. 69 My Stemming Sark & Rokket was laid doun. 1574Reg. Privy Council Scot. II. 374 Ane hors laid of Inglis steming clayth. 1580Aberdeen Reg. (1848) II. 36 Thrie pair of steming breikis, ane blak, ane gray, ane browne. 1605Chapman etc. Eastward Hoe i. A 4, Your Stamen peticoate with two guardes. 1624in Archæologia XLVIII. 144 A whole peece of 15 yardes and a halfe of stamin Carsey for a bed. 1664in Maitl. Club Miscell. (1840) II. 509, 2 steming petticoatis. 2. Used to render F. étamine, a strainer.
1725Bradley's Fam. Dict. s.v. Blanc-manger, You must pour it into a Stamine or thick Linnen-cloth. |