Stam"mel (?), n.
A large, clumsy horse.
[Prov. Eng.]
Wright.
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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.
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Stam"mel, a.
Of the color of stammel; having a red color, thought inferior to scarlet.
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