See Also: becalm(dictionary)

wastel (iou) and becalm (iou)


wastel (iou)



wastel noun. . ME.
[Old Northern French var. of Old French guastel (mod. gateau cake), prob. of Germanic origin.]
Bread made of the finest flour; a cake or loaf of this. Also wastel-bread, wastel cake. ME.
Heraldry. = TORTEAU. rare. L15.

becalm (iou)



becalm verb trans. M16.
[from BE- 1, 4 + CALM verb.]
Nautical. Deprive (a ship) of wind. Usu. in pass. M16.
Ld Macaulay The fleet was becalmed off the Goodwin Sands.
Make calm or still, soothe, assuage. E17.
Pope What power becalms the innavigable seas?