stammell+ (stamel)

and a. [Early mod. E. also stamel, stamell; a var. of stamini.] I. n. 1. A kind of woolen cloth, of a red color: red linsey-woolsey: probably same as stamin1. In sommer vse to were a scarlet petycote made of stam ell or lynse wolse. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 248. Now in satin, To-morrow next in stammel. Chapman, Monsieur D'Olive, ii. 1. Hence-2. The color of stammel: a red inferior in brilliancy to scarlet. Karsies of all orient colours, specially of stamell. Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 440. The Violet's purple, the sweet Rose's stammell , The Lillie's snowe, and Pansey's various ammell. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 3. II. a . Of or pertaining to stammel or its hue; red; made of stammel. But the wench in the stammel waistcoat is stopping too, Adam. they are going to dance! Frieze-jacket wants to dance with stammel -waistcoat, but she is coy and recusant. Scott , Abbot, xix.