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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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Etymology of 'Freshen'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Freshen" Quotes from Famous Books

... Skylark the commodore saw just where he had lost his advantage, and regretted too late that he had permitted the Sea Foam to get to windward of him; but he strained every nerve to recover his position. The wind continued to freshen, and probably both yachts would have done better with a single reef in the mainsail; but there was no time to reduce sail. As they passed Turtle Head and came out into the open bay, the white-capped waves broke over the bows, dashing the spray from stem to stern. ...

— The Yacht Club - or The Young Boat-Builder • Oliver Optic

... the southward. The eighteen cavalry transports were thus enabled to leave Ambleteuse harbour, and were seen approaching before a gentle breeze. The wind, however, continued to back against the sun, and, as usual, to freshen in doing so. Thus, before they could make the land, it was blowing hard from the eastward, and there was nothing for them but to bear up. Some succeeded in getting back to the shelter of the Gallic shore, others scudded ...

— Early Britain--Roman Britain • Edward Conybeare

... bellows for goldsmiths—Rabbi Judah says, "sufficient to make a crucible stand;" bran sufficient to put on the mouth of a crucible blow-pipe for goldsmiths; ointment sufficient to anoint the little finger of girls—Rabbi Judah says, "sufficient to make the hair grow;" Rabbi Nehemiah says, "to freshen the temple." ...

— Hebrew Literature

... his shop, as if the stingy thing wasn't rich enough already. Well, when Mert heard about that ten-cent mistake he said it was about time there were a few business changes in Green Valley, that a few business funerals would help a lot and freshen up things; that Uncle Tony was no business man, and a lot of that sort of stuff. And of course Hughey Mason, being a smart Aleck, pipes up and says, 'That's so, Uncle Tony is no business man. Why, Tom Hall says that when you find Uncle Tony's emporium locked at ...

— Green Valley • Katharine Reynolds

... hoisted, Godfrey took the sheet and laid in his paddle. "The wind may freshen," he said, "and it would not do to fasten ...

— Condemned as a Nihilist - A Story of Escape from Siberia • George Alfred Henty

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