calmedadj.
/kɑːmd/poetic./ˈkɑːmɪd/ a. Made calm, reduced to calmness.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [adjective] > calm (of weather, climate, or the elements) > made calm
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becalmed1667
appeased1870
1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. B2 The Dolphines..fetcht their carreers on the calmed waues.
1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc viii. 669 The calm'd ocean.
1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) iii. 86 A softened, calmed religious twilight.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [adjective] > becalmed
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becalmeda1667
1634 in Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors (1845) II. lxiii. 552 For a more speedy passage of calmed ships.
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