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Freshen   /frˈɛʃən/   Listen
verb
Freshen  v. t.  (past & past part. freshened; pres. part. freshening)  
1.
To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salty; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh.
2.
To refresh; to revive. (Obs.)
3.
(Naut.) To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing; as, to freshen a hawse.
To freshen ballast (Naut.), to shift Or restore it.
To freshen the hawse, to pay out a little more cable, so as to bring the chafe on another part.
To freshen the way, to increase the speed of a vessel.


Freshen  v. i.  
1.
To grow fresh; to lose saltness.
2.
To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens.





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"Freshen" Quotes from Famous Books



... I never hear, Nor gaze on those waters so green and clear, And mark them winding away from sight, Darkened with shade or flashing with light, While o'er them the vine to its thicket clings, And the zephyr stoops to freshen his wings, But I wish that fate had left me free To wander these quiet haunts with thee, Till the eating cares of earth should depart, And the peace of the scene pass into my heart; And I envy thy stream, as it glides along Through its beautiful banks in a ...
— Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant - Household Edition • William Cullen Bryant
... Dale returned to their lodging in high glee, and their joy was not diminished when they noticed that the wind was beginning to freshen up. ...
— Two Daring Young Patriots - or, Outwitting the Huns • W. P. Shervill
... anything but a pretense. As she wandered about the house and gardens, she trailed a beautiful negligee with that carelessness which in a woman of clean and orderly habits invariably indicates the possession of many clothes and of a maid who can be counted on to freshen things up before they shall be used again. Her father came home to lunch in high ...
— The Conflict • David Graham Phillips
... a nap is raised. It is next hung up to dry, the nap laid the right way with a hard brush, and finished as before. When the cloth is much faded, it is usual to give it a dip, as it is called, or to pass it through a dye-bath, to freshen ...
— Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 • Barkham Burroughs
... wears no blue ribbon outside o' my coat, For a pint o' good ale seems to freshen my throat; But offer me more and I'm bound to refuse it— For my Poll's got a tongue, and her knows how to ...
— Sagittulae, Random Verses • E. W. Bowling


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