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Freshened

Freshen \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 salty; 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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freshened

vb. (en-past of: freshen)

Usage examples of "freshened".

Far to the South, across the Freshened Sea, a point of light appeared in the watery depths of an enormous copper bowl.

We are a hundred leagues or more from the shores of the Freshened Sea so they cannot come at us overland.

A blood-red ruby, pulsing fitfully with inner light, represented the City of Night on the southern shore of the Freshened Sea.

With gentle leg pressure he turned his mount south, toward the Freshened Sea and the swiftly moving misty patch on the magic detectors that might indicate an air attack coming in.

Mindlessly it concentrated them, sorted them by content and squirted them back to a crag overlooking the Freshened Sea where three gargoyles crouched, staring constantly south.

In every way and to every appearance she was a typical small fisher, plying a risky trade on the stormy winter waters of the Freshened Sea.

If only he hadn't already freshened up the murals - - How would he survive?

When his rooms were being freshened, one of the kitchen drudges had the audacity to steal the queen egg.

He could appreciate D’ram not wanting those slatternly drudges about a freshened Weyr.

The first of the evening breezes had freshened the sultry air, and the house was pleasantly cool.

The breeze freshened considerably, and, unfortunately for us, hailed from the northwest.

There were some districts along the Freshened Sea where salted fish was packed in vinegar with garlic, onions, vegetables, and spices and sealed in crocks to age and ferment.

One single fast pass over the ruined city and they would be away for an island in the Freshened Sea where they could rest for a few hours.

All around it lay Murder Shoals, the names a tribute to the terror these places inspired in those who sailed the Freshened Sea.

The Enemy had thrown almost all his forces north, out over the Freshened Sea.