Definition of Beclm
Be*calm" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Becalmed (&?;); p. pr. &
vb. n. Becalming.]
1. To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to
appease.
Soft whispering airs . . . becalm the mind.
Philips.
2. To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by
the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (nautical) To cut off the wind from a ship either by the proximity of land or by another vessel. A ship that is motionless due to the absence of wind is becalmed.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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