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becalmed, ppl. a.|bɪˈkɑːmd|
[f. becalm v. + -ed.]
a. Calmed, quieted, stilled.
b. Motionless for want of wind.
a1667Cowley Solit. Wks. 1710 II. 693 They're like a becalmed Ship. a1674Clarendon Hist. Reb. III. xv. 491 The silence..of a becalm'd Conscience. a1700Dryden (J.) The moon shone clear on the becalmed flood. |