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.
© Webster 1913.