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<p><b>2.</b> <def>A flood; a freshet.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The mingling of fresh water with salt in rivers or bays, as by means of a flood of fresh water flowing toward or into the sea.</def>

<i>Beverly.</i>

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<hw>Fresh</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To refresh; to freshen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Rom. of R.</i>

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<hw>Fresh"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Freshened</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Freshening</er> <tt>(?)</tt>]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salt; <as>as, to <ex>freshen</ex> water, fish, or flesh</as>.</def> <-- "less *salt*" is in original; also, below "to lose saltness" -->

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To refresh; to revive.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing; <as>as, to <ex>freshen</ex> a hawse</as>.</def>

<i> Totten.</i>

<cs><col>To freshen ballast</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to shift Or restore it.</cd> -- <col>To freshen the hawse</col>, <cd>to pay out a little more cable, so as to bring the chafe on another part.</cd> -- <col>To freshen the way</col>, <cd>to increase the speed of a vessel.</cd></cs>

<i>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</i>

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<hw>Fresh"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To grow fresh; to lose saltness.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To grow brisk or strong; <as>as, the wind <ex>freshens</ex></as>.</def>

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<hw>Fresh"et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>fresche</ets> flood + <ets>-et</ets>. See <er>Fresh</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A stream of fresh water.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A flood or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or melted snow; a sudden inundation.</def>

<blockquote>Cracked the sky, as ice in rivers When the <b>freshet</b> is at highest. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Fresh"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a fresh manner; vigorously; newly, recently; brightly; briskly; coolly; <as>as, <ex>freshly</ex> gathered; <ex>freshly</ex> painted; the wind blows <ex>freshly</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>Looks he as freshly as he did? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Fresh"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Freshmen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge; especially, a student during his fist year in a college or university.</def>