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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)