fresha.[OE. fresch, AS. fersc; akin to D. versch, G. frisch, OHG. frisc, Sw. frisk, Dan. frisk, fersk, Icel. frskr frisky, brisk, ferskr fresh; cf. It. fresco, OF. fres, freis, fem. freske, fresche, F. frais, fem. frache, which are of German origin. Cf. Fraischeur, Fresco, Frisk.]1. Possessed of original life and vigor; new and strong; unimpaired; sound.()2. New; original; additional.(Sir W. Scott.)A fresh pleasure in every fresh posture of the limbs. (Landor.)3. Lately produced, gathered, or prepared for market; not stale; not dried or preserved; not wilted, faded, or tainted; in good condition; as, fresh vegetables, flowers, eggs, meat, fruit, etc.; recently made or obtained; occurring again; repeated; as, a fresh supply of goods; fresh tea, raisins, etc.; lately come or made public; as, fresh news; recently taken from a well or spring; as, fresh water.()4. Youthful; florid; as, these fresh nymphs.(Shak.)5. In a raw, green, or untried state; uncultivated; uncultured; unpracticed; as, a fresh hand on a ship.()6. Renewed in vigor, alacrity, or readiness for action; as, fresh for a combat; hence, tending to renew in vigor; rather strong; cool or brisk; as, a fresh wind.()7. Not salt; as, fresh water, in distinction from that which is from the sea, or brackish; fresh meat, in distinction from that which is pickled or salted.()Fresh breeze (Naut.), a breeze between a moderate and a strong breeze; one blowinq about twenty miles an hour. -- Fresh gale, a gale blowing about forty-five miles an hour. -- Fresh way (Naut.), increased speed.()()n.1. A stream or spring of fresh water.()He shall drink naught but brine; for I'll not show him
Where the quick freshes are. (Shak.)2. A flood; a freshet.(Halliwell.)3. The mingling of fresh water with salt in rivers or bays, as by means of a flood of fresh water flowing toward or into the sea.(Beverly.)v. t. To refresh; to freshen.(Rom. of R.)