Fresh"-wa`ter (?), a.
1. Of, pertaining to, or living in, water not
salt; 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.
3. Unskilled; raw. [Colloq.] "Fresh-
water soldiers." Knolles.