Definition of Becalming. Meaning of Becalming. Synonyms of Becalming

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Definition of Becalming

Becalming
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.

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- is restless and rumor and gossip fly around s****ing a reason for the becalming as the men gamble and squabble while they wait and Odysseus connives and...
- westward in the Atlantic while performing a large "volta do mar" to avoid becalming in the Gulf of Guinea. On 21 April 1500, a mountain was seen that was...
- sea was running and needs must we carry on or be ****ed. The partial becalming of the lower sails by the stern seas was a great danger, as they filled...
- westward in the Atlantic while performing a large "volta do mar" to avoid becalming in the Gulf of Guinea. On 21 April 1500, a mountain was seen and named...
- (originally, the amount of sail that a fully rigged frigate could carry). becalm To cut off the wind from a sailing vessel, either by the proximity of land...
- equipped with, covered with, beset with (pejorative or facetious) bedeviled, becalm, bedazzle, bewitch by- near to, next to byway, byp****, byproduct down- from...
- patron of sailors and fishermen due to this. She is said to frequently becalm the sea when boats are threatened with rocks. After some decades Guanyin...
- found in the strait, although it was blocked by the hills of Lanzarote, becalming ships that were in their lee, tacking towards Lobos was needed to regain...
- instead pla**** in a way that requires listeners to concentrate, so he "becalms many listeners into hapless indifference". In 1989, Tatum's hometown of...