† malacen.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
A calm at sea.
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calmness1516
calm1517
malace1623
clock-calm1777
Irishman's hurricane1803
Paddy's hurricane1819
airlessness1831
Irish hurricanea1835
windlessness1916
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. (at cited word) Malace, a calme at Sea.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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