calms n pl Cp SMYTH calm latitudes. The horse latitudes, esp the region of the Atlantic around 30 N. latitude.
   1977 Nfld Qtly Sum, p. 7 We went on and we got in the Calms; this is a place where there's no wind. You could be into them a day, you could be into them a week, or you could be into them a month. But we were fortunate we were only into them a week; very hot weather there too. Then we took the Northeast Trades.

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