- (a.) Accustomed to sail on fresh water only; unskilled as a seaman; as, a fresh-water sailor.
- (a.) Of, pertaining to or living in, water not salt; as, fresh-water geological deposits; a fresh-water fish; fresh-water mussels.
- (a.) Unskilled; raw.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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