/bi kahm"/ , v.t.
1. to deprive (a sailing vessel) of the wind necessary to move it; subject to a calm: The schooner was becalmed in the horse latitudes for two weeks.
2. Archaic. to calm; pacify.
[ 1550-60; BE- + CALM ]
/bi kahm"/ , v.t.
1. to deprive (a sailing vessel) of the wind necessary to move it; subject to a calm: The schooner was becalmed in the horse latitudes for two weeks.
2. Archaic. to calm; pacify.
[ 1550-60; BE- + CALM ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012