Fresh-water
Translation- Fresh-water
- Fresh-water Fresh"-wa`ter, a.
1. Of, pertaining to, or living in, water which is not salty;
as, fresh-water geological deposits; a fresh-water fish;
fresh-water mussels.
[1913 Webster]
2. Accustomed to sail on fresh water only; unskilled as a seaman; as, a fresh-water sailor. [1913 Webster]
3. Unskilled; raw. [Colloq.] ``Fresh-water soldiers.'' --Knolles.
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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