FRESH-WATER

a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Of, pertaining to, or living in, water not salt; as, fresh-water geological deposits; a fresh-water fish; fresh-water mussels.

2.
a.

Accustomed to sail on fresh water only; unskilled as a seaman; as, a fresh-water sailor.

3.
a.

Unskilled; raw. [Colloq.] "Fresh-water soldiers." Knolles.


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