Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fresh-water \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.