Fresh"en (?), v. i. 1. To
grow fresh; to lose saltness.
2. To grow brisk
or strong; as, the wind
freshens.
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.) 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.
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