freshet : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: freshet	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for freshet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
freshet n the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow Synonym(s): freshet, spate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Freshet \Fresh"et\, n. [OE. fresche flood + -et. See {Fresh}, a.] 1. A stream of fresh water. [Obs.] --Milton. 2. A flood or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or melted snow; a sudden inundation. Cracked the sky, as ice in rivers When the freshet is at highest. --Longfellow.