calmness (kamnes)

The state of being calm. (a) Quietne ; stillne ; tranquillity, as of the elements. The gentle calmne of the flood. Sir J. Denham . When mighty rivers gently creep, Their even calmne does suppose them deep. Dryden, Epistles, i. 10. (b) Quietne ; mildne ; unruffled state of the mind, pa ions, or temper. Sir, 'tis fit You make strong party, or defend yourself By calmne , or by absence; all's in anger. Shak., Cor., iii. 2. IMG:content-2950.png:[blocks in formation] and deliberate thought. H. Spencer , Prin. of Sociol., § 40. The placid marble Muses, looking peace. Tennyson, Prince , iv. Farewell the tranquil mind! farewell Content! Shak ., Othello, iii. 3. Cloudle forever is her brow serene , Speaking calm hope and trust within her. IMG:content-2951.png:[blocks in formation] Emerson, Eloquence. His [Dante's] gait was grave and gentlemanlike; and his bearing, whether public or private, wonderfully composed and polished. Quoted in Lowell's Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 18. Early and provident fear is the mother of safety; because in that state of things the mind is firm and collected , and the judgment unembarra ed. Burke , Unitarians. calm1 (käm), v. [ calmen (= F. calmer = Sp . Pg . calmar =It. calm are ) , intr., become still; from the noun.] I. trans. 1. To still; quiet, all windolette mind of still, appease, allay, or pacify, as or Time's glory is to calm contending kings. Shak., Lucrece, 1. 939. Scarce was her head laid on the pillow, ere a deep, refreshing sleep closed her eyes and calmed her senses. Charlotte Brontë , Shirley, xx. 3t. To becalm. Like to a ship that, having 'scap'd a tempest, Is straightway calm'd and boarded with a pirate. Shak ., 2 Hen. VI., iv. 9. II. in trans. To become calm or quiet: as, the tempest now began to calm . calm2 (käm), n. [E. dial. and Sc. also caum , caulm ; appar. a var. of cam1 , a comb, cog, etc.: see cam1 .] 1. A cog of a wheel. [North. Eng.] -2. pl . A mold; a frame, etc.-3. pl . The small cords through which the warp is pa ed in a loom. - In the caulms, in the state of being framed or modeled. Jamie son.