Fresh"et (?), n. [OE. fresche flood + -et. See Fresh, a.] 1. A stream
of fresh water. [Obs.] Milton.
2. A flood or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or melted
snow; a sudden inundation.
Cracked the sky, as ice in rivers When the freshet is at highest.
Longfellow.
Fresh"ly, adv. In a fresh manner; vigorously; newly, recently;
brightly; briskly; coolly; as, freshly gathered; freshly painted; the
wind blows freshly.
Looks he as freshly as he did?
Shak.
Fresh"man (?), n.; pl. Freshmen (&?;). A novice; one in the rudiments
of knowledge; especially, a student during his first year in a college
or university.
He drank his glass and cracked his joke, And freshmen wondered as
he spoke.
Goldsmith.
Freshman class, the lowest of the four classes in an American college.
[ U. S.]
Fresh"man*ship, n. The state of being a freshman.