freshetn.

Brit.

/ˈfrɛʃᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈfrɛʃət/

Forms: 1500s fresshet, 1500s– freshet, 1600s ffretchett, 1600s freshett, 1600s freshite, 1700s fresh shot.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fresh n.¹, -et suffix¹.

Etymology: < fresh n.¹ + -et suffix¹.Perhaps compare Old French, Middle French freschet , Middle French fraichet (adjective) fresh (13th cent.). In form fresh shot showing folk-etymological alteration after shot n.¹ (compare sense 1d at that entry).

1. A stream or current of fresh water flowing into the sea. Cf. fresh n.¹ 6.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > body of water > sea water > [noun] > entering sea

freshet1576

1576 H. Gilbert Disc. Discov. New Passage Cataia vi. sig. C.iiij. This Northeast sea is maintained by the riuer Oby, & such like fresshets.

1596 L. Keymis Relation 2nd Voy. Guiana sig. B^v The freshets..grow strong and swift, setting directlie off to sea against the wind.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Fresh Shot..is when any great River falls into the Sea.

1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. vii. 238 He hugged the cross freshets instead of striking out into the smoother water.

1908 Connoisseur Dec. 216/2 Its position then was, as it is to-day, on the lowest ford of the Exe, where the salt estuary tides meet the river freshet.

2011 J. Thompson Cascadia's Fault ix. 102 The Columbia River's freshet fighting an incoming Pacific tide is an impressive sight.

2. A small stream of fresh water. Cf. fresh n.¹ 5. Now somewhat archaic and literary.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > freshet

freshet1598

fresh1634

1598 R. Hakluyt tr. W. de Rubruquis in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 113 Freshets [L. aquis] distilling from the said mountaines..do fall into the lake.

1611 T. Dale Let. 17 Aug. in A. Brown Genesis U.S. (1890) I. 507 A shallop necessarie and propper to discover freshetts, Rivers and Creekes.

1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 160 Gardens, well watered with springs and small freshets.

1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. W. von Goethe Wilhelm Meister's Trav. in German Romance IV. xiii. 215 The Traveller..skirts, on the dry lea, many a little freshet.

1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid i, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 79 A cave..sweet Fountain freshets within it.

1956 M. L. Settle O Beulah Land (1995) Prol. i. 5 Where there is a cut, there will be a freshet; beyond the freshet, a spring branch.

1991 Washington Post 8 Sept. f2/1 The place was silent except for the small rush of little freshets.

3. Chiefly North American. A flood or overflowing of a river caused by heavy rains or melted snow; the time of year when this occurs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [noun] > river

land-flood1390

spatec1425

water break1513

flowa1616

overfloat1619

land-watera1631

freshet1638

surflux1660

spring-flood1714

shute1839

1638 J. Underhill Newes from Amer. 19 The strength of the freshite that comes downe the River is so strong, that it stoppeth the force of the tyde.

1784 M. Cutler Jrnl. 23 July in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 100 The freshet in the river..was so sudden that cattle..were in danger of being drowned.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 142 In a flood, or freshet, the water is always highly charged with detritus.

1952 A. Norton Daybreak—2250 A.D. ii. 20 A sharp break in the bank outlined a narrow cove where the river rose during the spring freshets.

1970 Canad. Geogr. Jrnl. Mar. 93/3 The Pasquia River was blocked; its lower end became a ‘dead river’ full only in freshet.

2014 J. L. Bonnell Reclaiming Don i. 19 Annual spring freshets and ice jams frequently washed out mill dams, destroyed equipment, and flooded buildings.

4. In figurative and extended use. Something resembling a stream or flood of water; a stream, rush, or overflow of something.

ΚΠ

1830 Christian Examiner & Gen. Rev. July 362 These periodical freshets of theological zeal..are not powerful enough to remove those landmarks and standards.

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table ix. 262 A feast of reason and a regular ‘freshet’ of soul.

1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xvii. 161 I never saw such a freshet of loveliness before.

1886 E. S. Phelps Burglars in Paradise ix. 155 Freshets of circulars poured over the land.

1934 E. Linklater Magnus Merriman vi. 67 There were tears in his eyes when, with a last freshet of words, he at length said good night.

1990 Fortune Dec. 147/1 In the year since the Wall came down, the freshets of freedom have poured forth into this long-suppressed society.

2003 Washington Post 21 Sept. 350/3 I see little freshets of smoke leaking out from under the duct take.

Compounds

General use as a modifier (chiefly in sense 3), as in freshet-time, etc.

ΚΠ

1653 in York Deeds (Maine) (1887) I. ( i. f. 35) One Grist mill, one Tyde mill to goe with Two saws, Two ffretchett mills..standing aboue at ye ffalls of the sd Cricke.

1809 Amer. Reg. 4 75 The timber is sawed by mills, worked by artificial streams from the Missisippi in freshet time.

1875 in F. T. Buckland Log-bk. Fisherman 364 It is always in a freshet season that the Channel cuts down the Frampton side.

1908 S. E. White Riverman 301 The snow..was deep enough for good travoying and to assure abundant freshet water in the spring.

1992 F. Burroughs River Home iv. 108 At freshet time, the road would simply float away, but it could quickly be rebuilt.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	freshet
释义	freshetn. Brit. /ˈfrɛʃᵻt/, U.S. /ˈfrɛʃət/ Forms: 1500s fresshet, 1500s– freshet, 1600s ffretchett, 1600s freshett, 1600s freshite, 1700s fresh shot. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fresh n.¹, -et suffix¹. Etymology: < fresh n.¹ + -et suffix¹.Perhaps compare Old French, Middle French freschet , Middle French fraichet (adjective) fresh (13th cent.). In form fresh shot showing folk-etymological alteration after shot n.¹ (compare sense 1d at that entry). 1. A stream or current of fresh water flowing into the sea. Cf. fresh n.¹ 6. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > body of water > sea water > [noun] > entering sea freshet1576 1576 H. Gilbert Disc. Discov. New Passage Cataia vi. sig. C.iiij. This Northeast sea is maintained by the riuer Oby, & such like fresshets. 1596 L. Keymis Relation 2nd Voy. Guiana sig. B^v The freshets..grow strong and swift, setting directlie off to sea against the wind. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Fresh Shot..is when any great River falls into the Sea. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. vii. 238 He hugged the cross freshets instead of striking out into the smoother water. 1908 Connoisseur Dec. 216/2 Its position then was, as it is to-day, on the lowest ford of the Exe, where the salt estuary tides meet the river freshet. 2011 J. Thompson Cascadia's Fault ix. 102 The Columbia River's freshet fighting an incoming Pacific tide is an impressive sight. 2. A small stream of fresh water. Cf. fresh n.¹ 5. Now somewhat archaic and literary. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > freshet freshet1598 fresh1634 1598 R. Hakluyt tr. W. de Rubruquis in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 113 Freshets [L. aquis] distilling from the said mountaines..do fall into the lake. 1611 T. Dale Let. 17 Aug. in A. Brown Genesis U.S. (1890) I. 507 A shallop necessarie and propper to discover freshetts, Rivers and Creekes. 1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 160 Gardens, well watered with springs and small freshets. 1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. W. von Goethe Wilhelm Meister's Trav. in German Romance IV. xiii. 215 The Traveller..skirts, on the dry lea, many a little freshet. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid i, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 79 A cave..sweet Fountain freshets within it. 1956 M. L. Settle O Beulah Land (1995) Prol. i. 5 Where there is a cut, there will be a freshet; beyond the freshet, a spring branch. 1991 Washington Post 8 Sept. f2/1 The place was silent except for the small rush of little freshets. 3. Chiefly North American. A flood or overflowing of a river caused by heavy rains or melted snow; the time of year when this occurs. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [noun] > river land-flood1390 spatec1425 water break1513 flowa1616 overfloat1619 land-watera1631 freshet1638 surflux1660 spring-flood1714 shute1839 1638 J. Underhill Newes from Amer. 19 The strength of the freshite that comes downe the River is so strong, that it stoppeth the force of the tyde. 1784 M. Cutler Jrnl. 23 July in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 100 The freshet in the river..was so sudden that cattle..were in danger of being drowned. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 142 In a flood, or freshet, the water is always highly charged with detritus. 1952 A. Norton Daybreak—2250 A.D. ii. 20 A sharp break in the bank outlined a narrow cove where the river rose during the spring freshets. 1970 Canad. Geogr. Jrnl. Mar. 93/3 The Pasquia River was blocked; its lower end became a ‘dead river’ full only in freshet. 2014 J. L. Bonnell Reclaiming Don i. 19 Annual spring freshets and ice jams frequently washed out mill dams, destroyed equipment, and flooded buildings. 4. In figurative and extended use. Something resembling a stream or flood of water; a stream, rush, or overflow of something. ΚΠ 1830 Christian Examiner & Gen. Rev. July 362 These periodical freshets of theological zeal..are not powerful enough to remove those landmarks and standards. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table ix. 262 A feast of reason and a regular ‘freshet’ of soul. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xvii. 161 I never saw such a freshet of loveliness before. 1886 E. S. Phelps Burglars in Paradise ix. 155 Freshets of circulars poured over the land. 1934 E. Linklater Magnus Merriman vi. 67 There were tears in his eyes when, with a last freshet of words, he at length said good night. 1990 Fortune Dec. 147/1 In the year since the Wall came down, the freshets of freedom have poured forth into this long-suppressed society. 2003 Washington Post 21 Sept. 350/3 I see little freshets of smoke leaking out from under the duct take. Compounds General use as a modifier (chiefly in sense 3), as in freshet-time, etc. ΚΠ 1653 in York Deeds (Maine) (1887) I. ( i. f. 35) One Grist mill, one Tyde mill to goe with Two saws, Two ffretchett mills..standing aboue at ye ffalls of the sd Cricke. 1809 Amer. Reg. 4 75 The timber is sawed by mills, worked by artificial streams from the Missisippi in freshet time. 1875 in F. T. Buckland Log-bk. Fisherman 364 It is always in a freshet season that the Channel cuts down the Frampton side. 1908 S. E. White Riverman 301 The snow..was deep enough for good travoying and to assure abundant freshet water in the spring. 1992 F. Burroughs River Home iv. 108 At freshet time, the road would simply float away, but it could quickly be rebuilt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). freshetv. Brit. /ˈfrɛʃᵻt/, U.S. /ˈfrɛʃət/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: freshet n. Etymology: < freshet n. rare. transitive. figurative. To flood (a person or thing) as with a freshet. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > flood or overflow [verb (transitive)] overruneOE overflowOE surround1444 overfleeta1460 infounder1505 overfloat1601 inund1628 deluge1649 inound1657 flood1663 to set on float1692 overflood?1784 inundate1791 float1794 freshet1865 1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys xxxii. 312 The winds came and fresheted all the waysides and woodpaths with a down-pour of color. 2012 G. Lewis-Kraus Sense of Direct. (2013) 266 The map is pretty granular, and as I look over the names of those little villages, I'm fresheted with memories. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1576v.1865
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freshetn.

Compounds

freshetv.