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Webster 1913 Edition

Fresh-water

Fresh′-waˊter

,

Adj.

1.

Of, pertaining to, or living in, water which is not salty;

as,

fresh-water

geological deposits; a

fresh-water

fish;

fresh-water

mussels.

2.

Accustomed to sail on fresh water only; unskilled as a seaman;

as, a

fresh-water

sailor

.