'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