Definition of Freshit
Fresh"et (?), n. [OE. fresche
flood + -et. See Fresh, a.]
1. A stream of fresh water. [Obs.]
Milton.
2. A flood or overflowing of a stream caused
by heavy rains or melted snow; a sudden inundation.
Cracked the sky, as ice in rivers
When the freshet is at highest.
Longfellow.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (poetic) a small stream, especially one flowing into the sea
*1936: Between the kerbs and the snow-banks a freshet of clear blue water rises. Within me a freshet that chokes the narrow gorge of my veins. — Henry Miller, Black Spring
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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