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Definition of Becalmed

Becalmed
Becalm 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.
Becalm
Becalm 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.

Meaning of Becalmed from wikipedia

- Look up becalmed in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Becalmed may refer to: En rade or Becalmed, an 1887 novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans "Becalmed", a song...
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- a human sacrifice to appease the wrath of the goddess Artemis, who had becalmed the Achaean fleet at Aulis at the beginning of the Trojan War. In Homer's...
- India in September. Early on the morning of September 8, as the ships laid becalmed near Dabul the sea began to boil and the vessels pitched and rocked violently...
- vertical wind shear.[citation needed] In the Age of Sail, to find oneself becalmed in this region in a hot and muggy climate could mean death when wind was...
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- sailing vessel, either by the proximity of land or by another vessel. becalmed Unable to move due to a lack of wind, said of a sailing vessel; resigned...
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