'Fresh-water' definitions:

Definition of 'Fresh-water'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. Fresnel lamp