fresco painting (freskopan"ting)

1. The art or act of painting in fresco.-2. A fresco. fresh (fresh), a. and n. [ in a crowded manner. The place became frequently inhabited on every side, as approved both health full and delight full. Sandys , Travailes, p. 279. cool: see fresco.] I. a. 1. Having its original qualities; unimpaired in vigor or purity; not weakened, faded, tainted, or decayed; not stale or worn: as, a fresh voice; a fresh complexion; events still fresh in the memory; to keep meat or flowers fresh. arts. Ful fre h and newe here gere apiked was. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. Т., 1. 365. A grave young Swede with a fresh Norse complexion. B. Taylor , Northern Travel, p. 14. 2. Of unimpaired physical or mental cond i bloom, etc.; hearty; sound; brisk; lively. IMG:content-1838.png:[blocks in formation] 3. In a refreshed condition; freshened; reinvigorated; strengthened or purified: as, the troops were now fresh for action; to put on fresh linen. I remember, when the fight was done,. Came there a certain lord, neat and trimly dre 'd, Fresh as a bridegroom. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., 1. 3. Nay, [1] let him choose Out of my files, his projects to accomplish, Shak., Cor., v. 5. My best and freshest men. Brewer says to his driver, "Now is your horse pretty fresh ?" Driver says he's as fresh as butter. Dickens, Mutual Friend, ii. 3. 4. New; recent; novel; newly produced, obtained, occurring, arriving, etc.: as, coins fresh from the mint; a fresh coat of paint; fresh tidings; a fresh misfortune; to take a fresh sheet of paper. My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. Job xxix. 20. But the Norweyan lord, surveying vantage, With furbish'd arms and new supplies of men, Began a fresh a ault. Shak., Macbeth, i. 2. To-morrow to fresh woods and pastures new. Milton, Lycidas, 1. 193. IMG:content-1839.png:[blocks in formation] 2374 It is held one of the greatest rivers in America, and as most men thinke, in the world: and commeth downe with such a fresh , it maketh the Sea fresh more than thirtie miles from the shore. freshne Beverley, Virginia, iii. 34. 21. Figuratively, a flood or rush of persons. The fre he was so felle of the furse grekes. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4730. 3. A spring or brook of fresh water; a small tributary stream. [Now only local.] He shall drink nought but brine; for I'll not show him Where the quick freshes are. Shak., Tempest, iii. 2, In Virginia it means also "a small tributary of a larger river," and Beverley (History of Virginia) already mentions "the freshes of Pawtomeck river." Trans. Amer . Philol . A ., XIV. 49. 4. A stream or current of fresh water running into tide-water. [Local.] Running up into the freshes with the ship or ve el during the five or six weeks that the worm is thus above water; for they never enter, nor do any damage in fresh water, or where it is not very salt. Beverley , Virginia, ii. 6. Fresh, used locally in Maryland for a stream distinct from the tide water: as, "Allen's Fresh." Trans. Amer. Philol. As8., XIV. 48. 5. The mingling of fresh water with salt in rivers or bays, or the increased current of an ebb-tide caused by a great volume of fresh water flowing into the sea. The freshes , when they take their ordinarie course of ebbe, doe grow strong and swift, setting directly off to sea against the wind. Hakluyt's Voyages , III. 673. 6. Open weather; a day of open weather; a thaw. [Scotch.] -7. A freshman. [College - slang.] fresh (fresh), adv. [ Who finds the heifer dead and bleeding fresh, And sees fast by a butcher with an axe, But will suspect 'twas he that made the slaughter? Shak., 2 Hen. VI., iii. 2. Mrs. Can . She has a charming fresh colour. Lady T. Yes, when it is fresh put on. 6. Cool; refreshing; invigorating; imparting strength or refreshment; in nautical language, moderately strong or brisk: as, a draught of fresh water; a breath of fresh air; a fresh fresht (fresh), v. [ breeze. Sir, we are all so happy as to have a fine, fresh , cool morning; and I hope we shall each be the happier in the others' company. 1. Walton , Complete Angler, p. 20. I'll cull the farthest mead for thy repast; The choicest herbs I to thy board will bring, And draw thy water from the freshest spring. Prior, Henry and Emma. And the shade of the beech lies cool on the rock, And fresh from the west is the free wind's breath. Bryant, Two Graves. During the first part of this day the wind was light, but after noon it came on fresh , and we furled the royals. R. H. Dana , Jr. , Before the Mast. 7. Not salt, salted, or pickled; not brackish: as, fresh meat or codfish; fresh water. So can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh . Jas. iii. 12. IMG:content-1840.png:[blocks in formation] Drinking was not among my vices. I could get fresh, as we call it, when in good company and excited by wit and mirth; but I never went to the length of being drunk. Marryat, Frank Mildmay, xiii. 10. Sober; not tipsy. [Scotch.] There is our great Udaller is weel eneugh when he is fresh , but he makes ower mony voyages in his ship and his yawl to be lang sae. Scott , Pirate, xxiv. 11. Verdant and conceited; presuming through ignorance and conceit; forward; officious. Compare cool . [Slang, U.S.] -12. Open; not frosty. [Scotch.] Our winters have been open and fresh , as it is termed. P. Campsie, Stirlings. Statist. Acc., xv. 319, N. ( Jamie son.) Fresh blood. See blood. - Fresh suit, or fresh pursuit, in law, effectual pursuit of a wrong-doer while the wrong is fresh. In old English criminal law such pursuit of a thief was encouraged by allowing the owner who made it to recover his goods again; otherwise they went to the crown if retaken. So, if a tenant, to prevent the landlord from distraining his cattle on the land, drove them off the land, the landlord might, if he made fresh suit, distrain them off the land. Syn. 1 and 2. Unfaded, blooming, flourishing, hearty. 4. Novel, Recent, etc. See new.-5. Untrained, unskilled, raw. II. n. 1. A flood; a stream in overflow; an inundation; a freshet. fresh. Sheridan, School for Scandal, ii. 2. Whan he was to that wel ycomen That shadowed was with braunches grene, He thoughte of thilke water shene To drinke, and fre he him wel withalle. Rom, of the Rose, 1. 1513. I walkt abroade to breath the freshing ayre In open fields, whose flow ring pride, opprest With early frosts, had lost their beauty faire. Spenser , Daphnaïda, 1. 26. You have freshed my memory well in 't, neighbour Pan. B. Jonson, Tale of a Tub, i. 2. II. in trans. To grow fresh; freshen. About three in the after no one the gale began to fresh. Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 450. fresh-blown (fresh'blon), a. Newly blown, as a flower. Beds of violets blue, And fresh - blown roses wash'd in dew. Milton, L'Allegro, 1. 22. fresh-colored (fresh'kul" ord), a. Having a lively, healthy color; ruddy: as, a fresh - colored complexion.