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• Fresh

  ·noun A flood; a freshet. II. Fresh ·superl New; original; additional. III. Fresh ·noun A stream o...

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• fresh

  1) a flood, or overflowing of a river. This heavy rain will bring down the freshes. N. 2) tipsy. No...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• fresh

  When applied to the wind, signifies strong, but not violent; hence an increasing gale is said to fre...

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• Fresh-new

  ·adj <<Unpracticed>>. ...

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• Fresh-water

  ·adj Unskilled; raw. II. Fresh-water ·adj Accustomed to sail on fresh water only; unskilled as a se...

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• Fresh Wharf

  On the south side of Lower Thames Street, next to St. Magnus Church (P.O. Directory). In Billingsgat...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• fresh milk

  Cambridge new comers to the university. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• fresh breeze

  A brisk wind, to which a ship, according to its stability, carries double or treble or close-reefed ...

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• fresh gale

  A more powerful wind than a fresh breeze (which see). ...

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• fresh grub

  The refreshments obtained in harbour. ...

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• fresh shot

  A river swollen by rain or tributaries; it also signifies the falling down of any great river into t...

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• fresh spell

  Men coming to relieve a gang at work. ...

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• fresh water

  Water fit to drink, in opposition to sea or salt water; now frequently obtained at sea by distillati...

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• fresh way

  Increased speed through the water; a ship is said to "gather fresh way" when she has tacked, or hove...

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• Fresh Wharf Gateway

  Leading to Fresh Wharf (P.C. 1732). ...

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• fresh-water herring

  n. In Sydney, the fish is Clupea richmondia, Macl. Elsewhere in Australia, and inTasmania, it is an...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• fresh-water perch

  n. name given in Tasmania tothe fish Microperca tasmaniae. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• fresh-water jack

  The same as fresh-water sailor. ...

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• fresh-water sailor

  An epithet for a green hand, of whom an old saying has it, "whose shippe was drowned in the playne o...

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• fresh-water seas

  A name given to the extensive inland bodies of fresh water in the Canadas. Of these, Lake Superior i...

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• fresh hand at the bellows

  Said when a gale freshens suddenly. ...

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