Definitions | freshet |
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- The sudden flooding of a stream because of heavy rain etc
- (poetic) a small stream, especially one flowing into the sea
- 1936: Between the kerbs and the snow-banks a of clear blue water rises. Within me a that chokes the narrow gorge of my veins. " Henry Miller, Black Spring
Etymology: From Old French freschete, a diminutive of freis.
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