Bible Dictionaries
Becalm

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed.

(2):

(v. t.) To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Becalm'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/becalm.html. 1828.