BECALM
steady, calm, becalm
(verb) make steady; “steady yourself”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
becalm (third-person singular simple present becalms, present participle becalming, simple past and past participle becalmed)
(transitive, obsolete) To make calm or still; make quiet; calm.
(transitive, nautical) To deprive (a ship) of wind, so that it cannot move (usually in passive).
Anagrams
• beclam, malbec
Source: Wiktionary
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition