'Becalming' definitions:
Definition of 'Becalming'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Soft whispering airs . . . becalm the mind. --Philips. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed. [1913 Webster]