FRESHENING

Verb

freshening

present participle of freshen

Noun

freshening (plural freshenings)

The act by which something is freshened.

Source: Wiktionary


FRESHEN

Fresh"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freshened; p. pr. & vb. n. Freshening]

1. To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salt; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh.

2. To refresh; to revive. [Obs.] Spenser.

3. (Naut.)

Definition: 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. Totten. 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. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Fresh"en, v. i.

1. To grow fresh; to lose saltness.

2. To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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