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Fresh water

1. Water containing no significant amounts of salts, such as rivers and lakes.

2. Of, pertaining to, or living in, water not salt; as, fresh-water geological deposits; a fresh water fish; fresh water mussels.

3. Accustomed to sail on fresh water only; unskilled as a seaman; as, a fresh water sailor.

4. Unskilled; raw. Fresh water soldiers.


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