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.
FRESHLY
Fresh"ly, adv.
Defn: In a fresh manner; vigorously; newly, recently; brightly;
briskly; coolly; as, freshly gathered; freshly painted; the wind
blows freshly.
Looks he as freshly as he did Shak.
FRESHMAN
Fresh"man, n.; pl. Freshmen (.
Defn: novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge; especially, a student during his fist year in a college or university. He drank his glass and cracked his joke, And freshmen wondered as he spoke. Goldsmith. Freshman class, the lowest of the four classes in an American college. [ U. S.]
FRESHMANSHIP
Fresh"man*ship, n.
Defn: The state of being a freshman.
FRESHMENT
Fresh"ment, n.
Defn: Refreshment. [Obs.]